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entrenching, intrenching, vbl. n.|ɛn-, ɪnˈtrɛnʃɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. entrench, in various senses. Also attrib.; also entrenching clause = entrenched clause.
1598Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 13 The ground where the Campe shall then be, with the manner of the intrenching, etc. c1629Layton Syon's Plea (ed. 2) 24 An intrenching upon the King's Prerogative. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Search x, Thy will such an intrenching is As passeth thought! 1775Let. 26 June in N. Bouton Provincial Papers (1873) VII. 531 We now send what entrenching Tools we have prepared. 1809Wellington in Gurw. Disp. IV. 474 Intrenching tools and other baggage belonging to the 31st regiment. 1877Field Exerc. Inf. 312 Axes and intrenching tools, to enable it [rear guard] to block up bridges. 1956Times 10 Nov. 7/2 The supposition that the ‘entrenching’ clause 152 was so fundamental to the constitution that any legislation to make its evasion even indirectly possible was bad law. |