"sangar" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 422",
          "text": "At the summits of these the enemy sharpshooters waited for them in sangars, or rock-built entrenchments, each of which had to be taken before the advance could safely continue.",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Stephen Hughes, The Iraqi Threat and Saddam Hussein′s Weapons of Mass Destruction, page 140",
          "text": "A sangar is a breastwork in the form of stonewalls built without bounding material. If stones are unavailable at or near the picket site sandbags are brought in to build the sangar.",
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          "text": "As the sun finally set, the rebels rushed the sangars, but were cut to pieces by the deadly accurate SAS fire.",
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          "text": "The game′s up, thought Piet as the Burghers returned fire and moved forward to attack the sangar.",
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        "(military, UK) A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post."
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        {
          "word": "sangah"
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          "word": "sanger"
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