schantzeEtymologyCompare German Schanze (“entrenchment, redoubt”).schantze means A type of stone fortification. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA type of stone fortification.“After proceeding some distance — about three miles this side of Norton's farm — the advance scouts were fired on from schantzes in a kopje adjoining the road.”