Definition of trench

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

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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)..
Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..
Line :: Line (n.) A trench or rampart.
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..
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..
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..
Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
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..
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A cook.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
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..
Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow..
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.
Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.
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..
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
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