The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camonflet
Camonflet \Ca*mon"flet\, n. [F.] (Mil.)
A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an
enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat
of the miners.
--Farrow. ||
Wiktionary
camonflet
n. (context military English) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.