tank trap

noun

tank trap

noun
1

Government, Military, Politics, War Anything placed to impede the movement of tanks, such as large caltrops, Czech hedgehogs, dragon's teeth, mines, or depressions in the ground.

  • Land mines make good tank traps.1954, Weapons: a pictorial history, page 139:
Related terms
antitank, anti-tank

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