Definition of trench

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Trench (v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops..

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Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.
Line :: Line (n.) A trench or rampart.
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
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..
Untrenched :: Untrenched (a.) Being without trenches; whole; intact.
Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
Trench-plough :: Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..
Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.
Retrenching :: Retrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrenc.
Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..
Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..
Trenchantly :: Trenchantly (adv.) In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (n.) A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance..
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A table companion; a trencher mate.
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