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Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. i.) To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress..

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.

Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..

Trencher-men :: Trencher-men (pl. ) of Trencher-ma.

Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food..

Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.

Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.

Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..

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