2. Verb. (third-person singular of trench) ¹
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Definition of Trenches
1. trench [v] - See also: trench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trenches
Literary usage of Trenches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Firing trenches are those designated primarily for delivering rifle fire against
... If the firing trenches are located under fire when an attack has been ..."
2. The Warfare of To-day by Paul Azan, Julian Lowell Coolidge (1918)
"Ill THE trenches LECTURE OF OCTOBER 29, 1917 SUMMARY Relative importance of
trenches in the present war. — The stay in the trenches corresponds to the ..."
3. The War of Positions by Paul Jean Louis Azan (1917)
"Transversal trenches. Systems of trenches are far from being uniform. Sometimes there
are a small number of successive trenches behind one another; ..."
4. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"SANITATION OF trenches The sanitation of trenches, such as are used in ...
Owing to the extended use of hand grenades, trenches are dug deep enough so that ..."
5. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"There prevailed indeed so great a laxity that men were not seldom found to be
cooking their food in the trenches; and indeed our engineers became sure that ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The most important point, with the object of protection, is that the trenches
must not be conspicuous; this is the best defence against artillery. ..."
7. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"The driving of such posts is out of the question when hostile trenches are in close
... If the flank of a line is to be refused, the trenches should be ..."
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