† trenchmentn.

Etymology: < trench v. + -ment suffix, or aphetic for entrenchment.

Obsolete. rare.

A work formed by trenching; an entrenchment.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > an entrenchment

entrenchment1590

trenchment1604

lopeskonce1624

morcha1885

1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 214 The trenchments being finished, the besieged resolued to bandon the olde rampere.

1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 117 So many Trenchments, Retrenchments, and Palisadoes..that it was almost impossible for the Enemy to advance ten Paces.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	trenchment
释义	† trenchmentn. Etymology: < trench v. + -ment suffix, or aphetic for entrenchment. Obsolete. rare. A work formed by trenching; an entrenchment. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > an entrenchment entrenchment1590 trenchment1604 lopeskonce1624 morcha1885 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 214 The trenchments being finished, the besieged resolued to bandon the olde rampere. 1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 117 So many Trenchments, Retrenchments, and Palisadoes..that it was almost impossible for the Enemy to advance ten Paces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1604
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