intrench
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Orders were therefore issued, by the provincial commanders, that a detachment of a thousand men should intrench upon this height.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
Both the division commanders claim that they were to be relieved, and that they were ordered not to intrench or replenish supplies.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
The French fleet, surprised and not strong enough to cope with the Spaniards, cut their cables and left, and Menendez entered an inlet which he called St. Augustin, and there began to intrench himself.
From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha
They intrench and raise batteries; they have engineers.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
On August 15 Baum came in touch with Stark's forces, but he hesitated to attack and proceeded to intrench.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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