spider hole

English

Noun

spider hole (plural spider holes)

  1. (military) A small, usually camouflaged hole dug in the ground where someone can hide.
    • 2005 October 18, Rory Carroll, “Trial of the Century? Not for Iraqis”, in The Guardian:
      The ragged fugitive dragged from a spider hole near Tikrit in December 2003 was physically diminished - Saddam lost weight on the run - and the subsequent incarceration and near invisibility whittled his relevance.
    • 2006, Keith Nolan, House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, page 323:
      The grenade launcher was passed to Davis, who fired a beehive round into the spider hole.

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Translations
hole in the ground — see foxhole

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