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

Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

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

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

Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

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

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..

Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

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

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing..

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

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..

Trenched :: Trenched (imp. & p. p.) of Trenc.

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

Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

Entrench :: Entrench (v. t.) See Intrench.

Trencher-men :: Trencher-men (pl. ) of Trencher-ma.

Untrenched :: Untrenched (a.) Being without trenches; whole; intact.

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