SIEGFRIED LINE


Meaning of SIEGFRIED LINE in English

Sieg ‧ fried Line, the /ˈsiːɡfriːd ˌlaɪn/ BrE AmE

a line of military defences that the German armies built on the Western Front during World War I and before and during World War II. There is a famous song which was sung by British soldiers that begins ‘We’re going to hang out our washing on the Siegfried Line...’

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.