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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..

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

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A cook.

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..

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

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

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..

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

Trench :: 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..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.

Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

Retrenched :: Retrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Retrenc.

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

Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.

Furrow :: Furrow (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow..

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