In mediaeval fortification, a trou de loup (French for "wolf hole"; plural trous de loup, also commonly referred to as a tiger pit in the East) was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. Medieval fortification is the military aspect of Medieval technology that covers the development of Fortification construction and use in Europe French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A booby trap is a device set up to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim Each trou de loup consisted of an inverted conical pit about 2 m (6 feet) deep and 1. A cone is a three-dimensional Geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat round base to a point called the apex or vertex The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The foot is an Anatomical structure found in many Animals It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows Locomotion. 2 to 2 m (4 to 6 ft) wide at the top. At the bottom of the pit, a sharpened wooden stake would be hammered in. The Punji stick or Punji stake is a type of Booby trapped stake In some cases, the pit was concealed by light cover of wicker and a layer of soil. Wicker is hard woven Fiber formed into a useful object Wicker is usually used for Baskets or Furniture.
Even if the term has a medieval origin, this kind of device was first described by Julius Caesar, in the seventh book of his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic Wars), who employed the device during the siege of Alesia. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar 's third-person account of his nine years of war in Gaul. The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia took place in September 52 BC around the Gallic Oppidum of Alesia, a major town centre and Caesar calls them lilies for their resemblance to the flower of the same name. Later Roman examples can be seen at Rough Castle on the Antonine Wall in Great Britain. Rough Castle Fort is a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall roughly 2 kilometres south east of Bonnybridge in the Falkirk council area The Antonine Wall is a stone and turf Fortification, built by the Romans across what is now the Central belt of Scotland See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
Trous de loup might be found singly as a trap (in which case they were always concealed), or in a dense pattern with no gaps between pits, used as an obstacle in front of a defended position.
A field of trous de loup could be made most effective if subsequently flooded to a shallow depth, which would conceal the pits, make their sides slippery, and add the risk of drowning. Drowning is Death as caused by suffocation when a liquid causes interruption of the body's absorption of oxygen from the air leading to Asphyxia.
Also one can add a mixture of rotting meat, feces, and other infectious agents to the ends of the sticks to cause serious infection and quite often death when it enters the victims bloodstream when it stabs into their foot.
Etymology: Trou de loup is French for "wolf hole", and presumably referred originally to a trap set for wolves. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The grey wolf or gray wolf ( Canis lupus) also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora
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