intrench
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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However the intruders are admitted, when once inside they intrench themselves behind furniture or stores, and are difficult to dislodge.
From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by David E. Lantz
Our adversaries, with their usual contempt for their enemies, have omitted to intrench themselves or fortify their position.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
The information was sent up to general head-quarters, and orders were sent General Ransom to intrench his brigade along the crest of the hill.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
Here he immediately set to work to intrench and fortify himself.
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 attacking, the French began to intrench themselves, and in order to clear the battle-field a truce was arranged.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
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