Definition of trench

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Trench (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.

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Intrenchant :: Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.
Retrenched :: Retrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Retrenc.
Trench-plow :: Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-ploug.
Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..
Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.
Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..
Trencher-men :: Trencher-men (pl. ) of Trencher-ma.
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..
Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
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..
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. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..
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