bombproof
nounEtymology From bomb + -proof.
1
An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs.
- As I waded through the mud to go down into the bombproof, it struck me uneasily that our officers glanced at each other.1915, Edward Lyell Fox, Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany:
- At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs.1994, Stephen R. Wise, Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863, page 160:
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- It mounted a 10-inch Columbiad and two 32-pounders on the sea face, with field guns and other 32-pounders elsewhere. In addition to this armament, it contained two bombproofs.2014, Kevin Dougherty, Military Leadership Lessons of the Charleston Campaign, 1861-1865:
- Synonyms
- air-raid shelter, bomb shelter