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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..

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.

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

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..

Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..

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..

Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

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..

Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use..

Intrenchant :: Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.

Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

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

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

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..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..

Trench-plow :: Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-ploug.

Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

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