Trou de loup
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trou-de-loup-167-10817835
title:
Trou de loup
text:
In medieval fortification, a trou de loup was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. Each trou de loup consisted of a conical pit about 2 m deep and 1.2 to 2 m wide at the top. At the bottom of the pit, a sharpened punji stick would be hammered in. In some cases, the pit was concealed by light cover of wicker and a layer of soil. Trous de loup might be found singly as a trap, or in a dense pattern with no gaps between pits, used as an obstacle in front of a defended position. A field of tro
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of booby trap
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trou_de_loup
date created:
2003-12-16T02:02:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T13:33:18Z
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