Camouflet
an underground explosion of a bomb or mine that does not break the surface, but leaves an enclosed cavity of gas and smoke.
the pocket formed by such an explosion.
the bomb or mine so exploded and causing such a pocket.
Historical Examples
Fighting the Boche Underground Harry Davis Trounce
A Blue Devil of France G. P. Capart
New Zealanders at Gallipoli Major Fred Waite
Fighting the Boche Underground Harry Davis Trounce
A Blue Devil of France G. P. Capart
The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Various
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