Word Meaning

trench definition and meaning

v. t. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.
v. t. To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
v. t. To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
v. t. 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.
v. i. To encroach; to intrench.
v. i. To have direction; to aim or tend.
v. t. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
v. t. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.
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.

Crossword clues for trench

- Defensive ditch
- Ditch
- Ditch with deep sides
- Ditch with steep aides
- Ditch with steep sides
- Long, narrow ditch
- Man-made gutter
- Moat, eg
- Plumbing ditch
- Troops cover
- Troops’ cover