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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Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..
Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A cook.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked)..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.
Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire..
Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Intrenchant :: Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.
Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..
Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..
Retrenched :: Retrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Retrenc.
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.
Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing..
Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like..
Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.
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