intrench
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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On the 1st of July, Burgoyne encamped four miles north of Ticonderoga, and began to intrench and to throw a boom across the lake.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
Did he at all intrench upon your Sovereignty in Verse, because he had now and then written a Comedy that succeeded?
From A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber
They were proceeding to intrench themselves, but were driven into their tents by a drenching rain.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
Instead of pursuing his advantage, General Lovell took a position within seven hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's works, and began to intrench.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
Admiral Sampson, who was anxious to strike a decisive blow before the enemy should have time to concentrate and intrench, then telegraphed Secretary Long as follows: Mole, Haiti, June 7, 1898.
From Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan
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