fox hole
Dug-out battle shelter
A foxhole is a shallow pit dug by a soldier for protection from enemy fire—a hasty defensive position on the battlefield.
The saying there are no atheists in foxholes suggests that mortal danger prompts even skeptics to pray.
Sometimes spelled as two words.
- hollowEmpty within
- dugoutCarved-log canoe
- shelterProtected place or structure
- denPrivate room or lair
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
hideout · foxhole · trench · dig · dug in · lair · defensive · sett · tunnel · scrape · excavation · sanctuary · safe house · earth · hideaway · safe room · hiding place · concealment
- Fantastic Mr. FoxAsh, Bean, Kylie, Petey, Agnes
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
exposure/protection
fox holeopen ground
no man's land · open field · killing field · open terrain · clearing
fortification scale
fox holefortress
Heavily defended military structure
stronghold · citadel · bunker · fortification · military base