'Trenched' definitions:
Definition of 'Trenched'
From: GCIDE
- Trench \Trench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Trenching.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F. trancher; akin to Pr. trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It. trinciare; of uncertain origin.]
- 1. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- The wide wound that the boar had trenched In his soft flank. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose its form. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fort.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- No more shall trenching war channel her fields. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Trenched'
- To trench at,
- Trench,
- 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