'To trench at' definitions:
Definition of 'To trench at'
From: GCIDE
- Trench \Trench\, v. i.
- 1. To encroach; to intrench. [1913 Webster]
- Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To trench at'
- Trench,
- Trenched,
- Trenching,
- Tail of the trenches,
- To open the trenches,
- Trench cavalier,
- Trench plough,
- Trench plow,
- approach trench,
- atacama trench,
- bougainville trench,
- communication trench,
- fire trench,
- japan trench,
- slit trench,
- trench coat,
- trench fever,
- trench foot,
- trench knife,
- trench mortar,
- trench mouth,
- trench warfare,
- trenching spade,
- Trench-plough,
- Trench-plow