maginot line

1. 1.

   a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940

   Broaderfortification

   Part ofFrance

Questions about maginot line

What does maginot line mean?

maginot line means "a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940".

Is maginot line a common word?

maginot line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.