spider hole

English

Noun

spider hole (plural spider holes)

1. (military) A small, usually camouflaged hole dug in the ground where someone can hide.
   • 2005 October 18, Rory Carroll, “Trial of the Century? Not for Iraqis”, in The Guardian:

     The ragged fugitive dragged from a spider hole near Tikrit in December 2003 was physically diminished - Saddam lost weight on the run - and the subsequent incarceration and near invisibility whittled his relevance.

   • 2006, Keith Nolan, House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, page 323:

     The grenade launcher was passed to Davis, who fired a beehive round into the spider hole.

Synonyms

• slit trench

Translations

hole in the ground — see foxhole

Anagrams

• redophiles, repolished