untrenchedadj.
1. Not entrenched.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [adjective] > surrounded with trench > of troops: not entrenched
untrenched1807
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 201 Untrench'd before the town, they dare oppose Their fielded cohorts to the forted foes.
2. Not trenched by digging.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > dug > not
unwenda1200
ungrubbedc1374
unfurrowed1566
unbroken1579
undigged1580
undelved1602
untrenched1849
unturned1904
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untrenched, not trenched.]
1849 J. F. W. Johnston Exper. Agric. 101 Whether oats are after lea trenched or untrenched, or after turnips.
3. Not encroached upon.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective]
voida1350
unoccupied1560
absent1587
devoid1590
vacant1600
naked1643
vacated1791
untrenched1887
1887 R. Browning Parleyings 182 Yonder space extends Untrenched upon by any vagrant tree.
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