blindage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French blindage.

Noun

blindage (plural blindages)

1. (military) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.
2. (military) A deep dugout, often equipped with bunks and other fittings.
   • 2017 January 14, Roland Oliphant, “Special report: Loose cannons at the frontline of Ukraine's forgotten war”, in The Telegraph‎^[1]:

     The key unit of life here is the dugout – what the soldiers call a ‘blindage’ – an underground burrow where half a dozen men share the narrow space between the bunks with weapons, ammunition, biscuits, tea bags, and a jumble of other essentials (there is also usually a cat, not to mention the mice).

Translations

cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach

• Belarusian: блінда́ж m (blindáž)
• Finnish: korsu (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: blindaż (pl) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: блинда́ж (ru) m (blindáž)
• Ukrainian: блінда́ж (uk) m (blindáž)

Further reading

• “blindage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “blindage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From blinder +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̃.daʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

blindage m (plural blindages)

1. armour, armour plating

Descendants

• → Belarusian: блінда́ж (blindáž)
• → English: blindage
• → Polish: blindaż
• → Portuguese: blindagem
• → Russian: блинда́ж (blindáž)
• → Ukrainian: блінда́ж (blindáž)

Further reading

• “blindage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.