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Intrench v. t. (past & past part. intrenched; pres. part. intrenching)

To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. "It was this very sword intrenched it." "His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched."

To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In the suburbs close intrenched."

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Etymology of 'Intrench'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intrench" Quotes from Famous Books

... afternoon of the 16th a party of English, led by Wolfe, suddenly dashed forward, and, driving back a company of French, seized some rising ground within three hundred yards of the ramparts, and began to intrench themselves there. All night, the French kept up a furious fire at the spot, but, by morning, the English had completed their intrenchment, and from this point pushed on, until they had reached the foot of ...

— With Wolfe in Canada - The Winning of a Continent • G. A. Henty

Words linked to "Intrench" : fix, entrench