trochan.
/ˈtrəʊtʃə/ Military.
A strategic line of defences, as trenches, blockhouses, etc.; a military cordon.
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1896 Daily News 9 Dec. 7/5 The Spanish force,..near Punta Brava [Cuba], on the western side of the trocha.
1898 Daily News 13 Apr. 3/1 These trochas have at every corner and at frequent intervals along the sides what are called forts, but which are really small blockhouses.
1902 R. T. Hill in Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 306/1 A corps of 20,000 men was stationed on this trocha or military cordon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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