entrenchment

[ en-trench-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of entrenching.
2. an entrenched position.
3. Usually entrenchments. an earth breastwork or ditch for protection against enemy fire.

entrenchment

/ ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt /

noun

1. the act of entrenching or state of being entrenched
2. a position protected by trenches
3. one of a series of deep trenches constructed as a shelter from gunfire

Other Words From

• reen·trenchment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrenchment¹

First recorded in 1580–90; entrench + -ment

Example Sentences

You end up with a much longer-term impact of entrenchment of these inequalities that have arisen as part of the pandemic.

From MIT Technology Review

Ideological entrenchment in Washington has led us to a completely foreseeable impasse.

From The Daily Beast

There is nothing hypothetical about the increasing entrenchment of the Israeli presence in the West Bank.

From The Daily Beast

How little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!

From Project Gutenberg

They carried the intervening entrenchment of the enemy and forced their way into the town.

From Project Gutenberg

Gerrans Bay, of course, embodies the name, and so do the remains of the entrenchment or camp at Dingerrein.

From Project Gutenberg

Tregonning Hill, close by, is somewhat higher, and its summit has a fine entrenchment with a striking inner vallum.

From Project Gutenberg

The entrenchment showed like the rim of a saucer, and over its narrow line peeped the summit of the central tree.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aggression
• assault
• breach
• incursion
• infiltration
• infringement
• intrusion
• offensive
• onslaught
• raid
• violation