intrench
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Fearful of being attacked before they could intrench, they immediately set to work with their axes to throw together a brushwood fence, while thirty soldiers were stationed in front toward the river, to repel assault.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Joel Tyler Headley
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
The command was halted, deployed into position, and ordered to intrench against the pursuing army.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
Ah, word of no meaning, behind whose vast latitude of mere sound we intrench our ignorance of so much of the spiritual!
From The Best Psychic Stories by Various
I wish I could see them begin to intrench themselves, but there is no sign of it.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
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