Definition of trench

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

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Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use..
Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.
Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A table companion; a trencher mate.
Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..
Entrench :: Entrench (v. t.) See Intrench.
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..
Trencher-men :: Trencher-men (pl. ) of Trencher-ma.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.
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..
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..
Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like..
Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.
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