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Definition of trench

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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..

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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..

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..

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.

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..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..

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)..

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

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

Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use..

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

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A cook.

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

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

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

Trenching :: Trenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trenc.

Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..