单词 | to trench at |
释义 | > as lemmasto trench at ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] > approach by trenches approach1598 zappec1600 to trench at1744 c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 142 The pioners had trenchit [ed. 1804 trinchett] on the castell hill, and had erectit a braid sconce to hyde thame. 1623 B. Jonson Time Vindicated 125 The Boy with buttons, and the Basket-wench To vent their wares, into my workes do trench! 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 2 Like powerful Armies trenching at a Town, By slow, and silent, but resistless Sap. < as lemmas |
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