field telephone

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English[edit]

Modified TA-312 field telephone

Noun[edit]

field telephone (plural field telephones)

  1. A portable telephone used for military communication.
    • 1951 May, “The New Woodhead Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 290:
      Contact is maintained between the works offices and the men at the tunnel faces by an extensive system of field telephones.

Further reading[edit]

field telephone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia