sandbags in English

noun

1

a bag filled with sand, typically used for defensive purposes or for protection from flooding.

Finally, sand mixed with archeological fragments has been used to fill sandbags intended for protecting military positions.

verb

1

barricade using sandbags.

boarded-up shopfronts and sandbagged doorways

2

hit or fell with or as if with a blow from a sandbag.

For Daniel's son, history will sandbag him out of a pleasantly drifting existence as he grapples with questions of race and confronts his own colonisation.

3

deliberately underperform in a race or competition to gain an unfair advantage.

Either they sandbagged during qualifying and practice or they gave very high downforce to the cars to make them slower during those sessions.

verb

• stun
• dragoon, railroad

Use "sandbags" in a sentence

1. Principal dedicated meat sandbags

2. The dam was reinforced with 000 sandbags.

3. Sandbags kept the floodwaters at bay.

4. I wish they had used sandbags.

5. We could not possibly stay indoors, with all these sandbags at the windows.

6. Sandbags were placed around the walls of homes, and windows were protected with steel mesh.

7. Shop high-quality yoga mats, Bolsters, blocks, straps, blankets, cushions, sandbags, clothing, and more

8. The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.

9. In Blackpool, sandcastles were replaced by sandbags - handed out to hoteliers and shopkeepers on the flooded prom.

10. 28 In Blackpool, sandcastles were replaced by sandbags - handed out to hoteliers and shopkeepers on the flooded prom.

11. Sandbags 3⁄4 filled with broken brick were found most useful for parapets; 1 header was bullet proof.

12. In addition to various metal plates, concrete and sandbags were used in some cases for improvised armoured trains.

13. # CAirns - Sandbags and sand will be available from the following locations until supplies run out from CAirns Regional Council

14. Armoring comes in many forms, from relatively temporary sandbags (below, left), to seawalls (middle), to offshore breakwaters (below, right) that block wave energy at harbors.

15. After the condemned individual's personal information was checked and approved, he was handcuffed and led to a cell insulated with stacks of sandbags along the walls, and a heavy, felt-lined door.

16. The attacking force would have to advance with not only the weapons required to capture a trench but also the tools—sandbags, picks and shovels, barbed wire—to fortify and defend from counter-attack.

17. Past tense of anchor Synonyms & Antonyms of Anchored (Entry 2 of 2) 1 to put securely in place or in a desired position used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground

18. As plain burlap sandbags deteriorate fairly quickly, sandbag structures meant to remain in place for a long time may be painted with a portland cement slurry to reduce the effects of rot and abrasion.

19. He took off from the Tanforan racetrack and landed on a similar temporary structure on the aft of USS Pennsylvania anchored at the San Francisco waterfront—the improvised braking system of sandbags and ropes led directly to the arrestor hook and wires described below.