tunnellers
Subterranean passage diggers
Tunnellers are people who dig tunnels, whether for military purposes, mining, transportation infrastructure, or escape.
The term appears most often in historical contexts—soldiers who dug under enemy lines in warfare, or workers who carved out subway systems and mountain passages.
British spelling; Americans write tunnelers.
Soldiers specializing in fortifications
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- WWIFirst global conflict
- siegesProlonged military blockades
engineers · fortifications · explosives · undermining · bunkers · no-man's-land · countermine · galleries
Act of unearthing
- shaftsVertical passages or poles
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- diggersThose who excavate
- minersOre extractors
bore · coal · seams · pit · headings · drifts · galleries · colliery
Burrowing insectivore mammals
- burrowsAnimal-dug underground shelters
- gophersBurrowing North American rodents
- volesSmall burrowing rodents
- badgersStriped burrowing mustelids
warrens · dens · prairie dogs · groundhogs · wombats · aardvarks · rabbits · underground
Underground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- boring machinesTools that cut tunnels
- civil engineeringPublic structure construction field
- transitMovement between places
railways · underpasses · Crossrail · Chunnel · construction · workers · crews · shields
sappers
Soldiers specializing in fortifications
sieges · engineers · fortifications · explosives · undermining · bunkers · no-man's-land · countermine · galleries · combat
excavation
Act of unearthing
- shaftsVertical passages or poles
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- diggersThose who excavate
miners · bore · coal · seams · pit · headings · drifts · galleries · colliery · picks
moles
Burrowing insectivore mammals
- burrowsAnimal-dug underground shelters
- gophersBurrowing North American rodents
- volesSmall burrowing rodents
badgers · warrens · dens · prairie dogs · groundhogs · wombats · aardvarks · rabbits · underground · nesting
subway
Underground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- boring machinesTools that cut tunnels
- civil engineeringPublic structure construction field
transit · railways · underpasses · Crossrail · Chunnel · construction · workers · crews · shields · segments
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
- WWI militarytrenches, ANZAC, trench warfare, Tommies, Western Front
tunnellersroofers
Building-top repair workers
steeplejacks · linemen · road crews · field workers · landscapers