INTRENCHMENT
\ɪntɹˈɛnt͡ʃmənt], \ɪntɹˈɛntʃmənt], \ɪ_n_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_tʃ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of INTRENCHMENT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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An encroachment or infringement.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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An encroachment or infringement.
By Noah Webster.
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A long, narrow ditch in the earth; in the military sense, a defensive work consisting of ditches with a protecting wall of earth thrown up before them.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of intrenching: a trench: a ditch and parapet for defence: any protection or defence: an encroachment.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Act of intrenching; —a trench or ditch dug out for a defense against an enemy : hence, a slight fortification or field-work; -any defense or protection; -any encroachment on the rights of another.
By Thomas Sheridan
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