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DRAIN |
Trench |
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DITCH |
Trench |
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MOAT |
Castle trench |
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FURROW |
Narrow trench |
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TRENCHED |
Of Trench |
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TRENCHING |
Of Trench |
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TRENCH-PLOW |
Alt. of Trench-plough |
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GRIP |
To trench; to drain. |
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LINE |
A trench or rampart. |
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PARAPET |
Protective wall in front of a trench |
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TRENCHANT |
Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. |
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RETURN |
The turnings and windings of a trench or mine. |
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LEAT |
An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill. |
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CUNETTE |
A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also
cuvette. |
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TRENCH |
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench
for draining land. |
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CONTRAVALLATION |
A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by
besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged. |
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BOYAU |
A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication
from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc. |
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BLINDAGE |
A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach,
formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework. |
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UNDERDRAIN |
An underground drain or trench with openings through
which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above. |
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CHASE |
A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as
for the reception of drain tile. |
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ENFILADE |
A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a
line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire. |
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COFFER |
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending
across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire. |
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PLOUGH |
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. |
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INTRENCHMENT |
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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VIOLATE |
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. |