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

Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.

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

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

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

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..

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..

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

Encroach :: Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway..

Chase :: Chase (n.) A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile..

Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.

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

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

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

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..

Intrenched :: Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrenc.

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

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..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions..

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

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