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Definition of Approach trench
1. Noun. A trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approach Trench
Literary usage of Approach trench
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Berlin to Bagdad: Behind the Scenes in the Near East by George Abel Schreiner (1918)
"From the main approach-trench, running almost due west, runs another to the south,
... said Captain Westerhagen, as we emerged from the approach-trench, ..."
2. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"From the main approach-trench, running almost due west, runs another to the south,
... said Captain Westerhagen, as we emerged from the approach-trench, ..."
3. Surgeon Grow: An American in the Russian Fighting by Malcolm Cummings Grow (1918)
"As we entered the approach-trench we had to step over a huddled object covered
with a torn brown overcoat and we met two of our stretcher-bearers ..."
4. Surgeon Grow: An American in the Russian Fighting by Malcolm Cummings Grow (1918)
"... picked up their fallen comrade by the feet and arms and carried him off to an
approach- trench, his head hanging back and bumping on the uneven ground. ..."
5. Development of Tactics--World War by William Balck (1922)
"... 2 meters broad JE = approach trench, 2 meters broad, one for each company F =
Evacuation trench G — Side tracks H ™ Assembly stations of the 2d Line J ..."
6. Engineer Field Manual ...: I. Reconnaissance. II. Bridges. III. Roads. IV by United States War Dept (1917)
"The approach trench must keep its name up to the parallel of departure, ...
It is desirable to have traffic in one direction only In an approach trench, ..."
7. Engineer Field Manual ...: I. Reconnaissance. II. Bridges. III. Roads. IV by United States War Dept (1917)
"The approach trench must keep its name up to the .parallel of departure, because
it forms an important known feature or avenue in the trench ..."
8. With Cavalry in the Great War: The British Trooper in the Trench Lne by Frederic Abernethy Coleman (1917)
"A deep approach trench, looking like a drain, led one hundred and fifty yards
further to the front trenches. Shells fell all the afternoon on our right and ..."
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