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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..

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

Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances..

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

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

Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..

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..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.

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

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.

Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

Trenchantly :: Trenchantly (adv.) In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely..

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

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.

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