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Definition trench

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French trenche.

Noun

trench (plural trenches)

1. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
2. (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
3. (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
4. (informal) A trench coat.

Verb

trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched)

1. (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
2. (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
3. (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
4. To have direction; to aim or tend.
5. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
6. To cut furrows or ditches in.
7. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.

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