cavin

See also: Cavin

English

Etymology

From French [Term?]. See cave.

Noun

cavin (plural cavins)

  1. (military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cavin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Verb

cavin

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive form of cavar
  2. third-person plural imperative form of cavar
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