English-Swedish translations for sandbag

• sandsäck en
  I somras hade redan lokalbefolkningen börjat stapla upp sandsäckar i de områden som sedan drabbades i sydöstra Frankrike.This summer, in the regions that were affected in south eastern France, the locals were already piling up sandbags.

Definition of sandbag

• A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel
• An engraver's leather cushion, etc
• To construct a barrier of sandbags around
• To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious

Examples

• We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.

Related words

• sandbank
• sandbar
• Sandbach
• sandbar shark