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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Trenchantly :: Trenchantly (adv.) In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely..
Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..
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..
Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..
Trench-plough :: Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.
Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches..
Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..
Entrench :: Entrench (v. t.) See Intrench.
Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..
Intrenchant :: Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
Trenching :: Trenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trenc.
Razee :: Razee (v. t.) To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article..
Retrenching :: Retrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrenc.
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.
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