| Trench (trench) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Trench |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Trenched (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Trenching.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F. trancher] akin
to Pr. trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It.
trinciare< |
To cut; to
form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the
like.
To fortify by cutting a ditch,
and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch;
to intrench.
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to
trench land for the purpose of draining it.
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by
digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the
next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
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| Trench (trench) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Trench |
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To
encroach; to intrench.
To have direction; to aim or tend.
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A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a
trench for draining land.
An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through
woods, shrubbery, or the like.
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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