Usually means: Shallow excavation for rifle firing.
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  1. rifle pit: Merriam-Webster
  2. rifle-pit, rifle pit: Wordnik
  3. rifle pit: Wiktionary
  4. rifle pit: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Rifle pit, rifle pit: Dictionary.com
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▸ noun:  (military) A trench dug to shelter riflemen.

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gun pit, foxhole, butt, dugout, fire bay, line, bearpit, nest, inspection pit, hole, more...

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gun pit, foxhole, butt, dugout, fire bay, line, bearpit, nest, inspection pit, hole, more...



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