Béche

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Long-handled spade.—Béche de cro e. Trail spade.— Béche de cro e a rabattement. Folding trail-spade.— Béche de sabot. Dragshoe spike.—Béche d’e ieu. Recoil spade of axle (later B.L. field guns)—Béche couli ante. Trail-spike of Deport gun.—Béche portative. Entrenching shovel. See also Pelle-béche. [p.60]