Dictionary

sangar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsaŋə/ (UK)
• /ˈsæŋɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Pashto سنګر (sangar) or from Persian سنگر (sangar).

Meanings

1. (UK) A fortified breastwork, niche, or look-out post, especially one built of stone, sod, or sandbags.
   • […] sandbag sangars flanking the entrance. 2025, Kevin W. K. Moore, Ashes of Civilization:
   • The game′s up, thought Piet as the Burghers returned fire and moved forward to attack the sangar. 2007, David Humphry, Siege, page 205:
   • As the sun finally set, the rebels rushed the sangars, but were cut to pieces by the deadly accurate SAS fire. 2003, Mike Ryan, Secret Operations of the SAS, page 81:
   • […] sandbag sangars on the site of the new block-houses were occupied by the men, Pathans all, of a composite militia and constabulary force who had spent the day with pick and shovel behind the protecting line of British infantry. 1920, The Cornhill Magazine (William Makepeace Thackeray), page 202
   • At the summits of these the enemy sharpshooters waited for them in sangars, or rock-built entrenchments, each of which had to be taken before the advance could safely continue. 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 422:
   • A sangar is a breastwork in the form of stonewalls built without bounding material. If stones are unavailable at or near the picket site sandbags are brought in to build the sangar. 2002, Stephen Hughes, The Iraqi Threat and Saddam Hussein′s Weapons of Mass Destruction, page 140:

Forms

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