Definitions for camouflet

camouflet ca·mou·flet

Spelling: [kam-uh-fley, kam-uh-fley]
IPA: /ˌkæm əˈfleɪ, ˈkæm əˌfleɪ/

Camouflet is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 484 anagrams from letters in camouflet (aceflmotu).

Definitions for camouflet

noun

  1. an underground explosion of a bomb or mine that does not break the surface, but leaves an enclosed cavity of gas and smoke.
  2. the pocket formed by such an explosion.
  3. the bomb or mine so exploded and causing such a pocket.

Origin of camouflet

1830-40; French: literally, smoke blown in someone's face as a practical joke, Middle French chault moufflet, equivalent to chault hot (Latin calidus) + moufflet presumably “puff, breath”; co

Examples for camouflet

We had five men buried by a camouflet—they began at once to recover the bodies.

A camouflet is a small mine explosion which does not form a crater, and is calculated to destroy underground workings.

Working parties were heavy, and on one occasion the Bosche blew a camouflet while work was in progress.

The camouflet totally destroys the enemy's gallery, but does not break the surface.

Having driven the estimated distance to meet the enemy, the question constantly arises, "Will it pay us now to fire a camouflet?"

When an enemy mine is being dug, a camouflet destroys it before completion.

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