pozo de tirador

English translation: foxhole

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Spanish term or phrase:pozo de tirador
English translation:foxhole
Entered by: Justin Peterson

22:54 Feb 26, 2024
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / military fortifications
Spanish term or phrase: pozo de tirador
En la mayor parte de las crestas próximas a este punto de observación pueden hallarse restos de trincheras, casamatas, abrigos para tropa y ***pozos de tirador*** en los que se defendía con la propia vida, la importancia de cada palmo de terreno

It's not a casement or a pillbox.
What is it?
Foxhole?
Nest?
See google images
Justin Peterson
Spain
Local time: 23:45
foxhole
Explanation:

POZOS DE TIRADOR (FOXHOLE)
Blogger.com
http://soldadosfortuna.blogspot.com › 2016/02 › pozos-...
28 feb 2016 — Son de anchura, longitud y profundidad adecuadas para que el soldado o binomio puedan estar conviviendo de forma cómoda, con una buena cobertura ...


por las coincidencias debe ser foxhole como ya propones, saludos

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=POZOS DE ...

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Note added at 8 mins (2024-02-26 23:02:59 GMT)
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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/fox-hole.315176/

se propone pozo de tirador como equivalencia
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foxhole


Explanation:

POZOS DE TIRADOR (FOXHOLE)
Blogger.com
http://soldadosfortuna.blogspot.com › 2016/02 › pozos-...
28 feb 2016 — Son de anchura, longitud y profundidad adecuadas para que el soldado o binomio puedan estar conviviendo de forma cómoda, con una buena cobertura ...


por las coincidencias debe ser foxhole como ya propones, saludos

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=POZOS DE ...

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Note added at 8 mins (2024-02-26 23:02:59 GMT)
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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/fox-hole.315176/

se propone pozo de tirador como equivalencia

O G V
Spain
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis García: Encontré dos otras referencias que traducen el término como "Foxhole". La primera es de la Real Academia de Ingeniería: https://diccionario.raing.es/es/lema/pozo-de-tirador. La segunda está turneg: https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/pozo de tirador
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agree  neilmac
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