"trench stick" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: trench sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} trench stick (plural trench sticks)
  1. A type of baton or cane used by soldiers in military trenches, especially of the First World War, for manoeuvring and for basic combat. Translations (baton used in trenches): canne des tranchées [feminine] (French)

Inflected forms

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