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† ˈtrenchment Obs. rare.
[f. trench v. + -ment, or aphetic for entrenchment.]
A work formed by trenching; an entrenchment.
1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 214 The trenchments being finished, the besieged resolued to bandon the olde rampere. 1700Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 117 So many Trenchments, Retrenchments, and Palisadoes..that it was almost impossible for the Enemy to advance ten Paces. |