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Line :: Line (n.) A trench or rampart.

Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..

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

Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.

Intrenched :: Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrenc.

Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (n.) A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance..

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..

Leat :: Leat (n.) An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill..

Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.

Encroach :: Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway..

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

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..

Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.

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..

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A table companion; a trencher mate.

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing..

Untrenched :: Untrenched (a.) Being without trenches; whole; intact.

Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like..

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