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entrenchment

[ en-trench-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈtrɛntʃ mənt /

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noun

the act of entrenching.

an entrenched position.

Usually entrenchments. an earth breastwork or ditch for protection against enemy fire.

Origin of entrenchment

First recorded in 1580–90; entrench + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM entrenchment

re·en·trench·ment, noun

Words nearby entrenchment

entrechat, entrecôte, entrelac, entremets, entrench, entrenchment, entrepreneur, entrepôt, entresol, entropion, entropion uveae

Example sentences from the Web for entrenchment

Further, we can see plainly from our oldest laws that the palisade or entrenchment around a great mans house is a burh.

Domesday Book and Beyond |Frederic William Maitland
On the land side this has six lines of entrenchment and about and upon it, as at Trevose, lie a quantity of flint chips.

Nooks and Corners of Cornwall |C. A. Dawson Scott
He posted his troops beside the brook Bedr, and had them hastily throw up an entrenchment to cover the flank of his troops.

The Days of Mohammed |Anna May Wilson
A line of entrenchment, with mud batteries, had also been carried round the rear.

Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843 |William Hutcheon Hall

Two warhorses were brought for them, and they issued forth from their entrenchment.

The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest |Master Wace

British Dictionary definitions for entrenchment

entrenchment

intrenchment

/ (ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt) /

noun

the act of entrenching or state of being entrenched

a position protected by trenches

one of a series of deep trenches constructed as a shelter from gunfire