schantze

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Compare German Schanze (“entrenchment, redoubt”).

noun schantzes · schanze

obsolete A type of stone fortification. After proceeding some distance — about three miles this side of Norton's farm — the advance scouts were fired on from schantzes in a kopje adjoining the road.

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@misc{schantze_2026,
  title = {schantze},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schantze},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}