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Entrenchment   /ɛntrˈɛntʃmənt/   Listen
noun
entrenchment  n.  
1.
An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
Synonyms: intrenchment.
2.
The act or process of entrenching.





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"Entrenchment" Quotes from Famous Books



... of entrenchment went bravely on in both armies, each working in plain view of the other; without any disposition to disturb the operations of either by shelling from the forts in our front or from our works in the ...
— History of Kershaw's Brigade • D. Augustus Dickert
... troops who landed, says Mendoza, were well received by the Indians, who gave them a large mansion belonging to the chief, situated near the banks of the river. The engineer officers immediately erected an entrenchment of earth, and a ditch around this house, with a slope made of earth and fascines, these being the only means of defence which the country presents; for, says the father with surprise, "there is not a stone ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various
... good and great You vanquish me so fast, that in the end I shall have nothing left me to defend. From every post you force me to remove; But let me keep my last entrenchment, love. ...
— The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18) - Almanzor And Almahide, Marriage-a-la-Mode, The Assignation • John Dryden
... minority, though they ran the ministry hard;(463) but last Friday was extraordinary. George Grenville was pushed upon some Navy bills; I don't understand a syllable, you know of money and accounts; but whatever was the matter,(464) he was driven from entrenchment to entrenchment by Baker,(465) and Charles Townshend. After that affair was over, and many gone away, Sir W. Meredith moved for the depositions on which the warrant against Wilkes had been granted. The ministers complained of the motion being made so late In the day; ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 3 • Horace Walpole
... fighting was terrible and the loss of the attackers great, for always as they carried one entrenchment they found another a few yards in front of them, out of which the defenders could only be driven at much ...
— The Ivory Child • H. Rider Haggard


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