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Synonyms for trench

Grammar : Noun
Spell : trench
Phonetic Transcription : trɛntʃ

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Définition of trench

Origin :
  • late 14c., "track cut through a wood," later "long, narrow ditch" (late 15c.), from Old French trenche "a slice, ditch" (late 13c.), from trenchier "to cut," possibly from Vulgar Latin *trincare, from Latin truncare "to cut or lop off" (see truncate). Trenches for military protection are first so called c.1500. Trench warfare first attested 1918. Trench-coat first recorded 1916, a type of coat worn by British officers in the trenches.
  • noun ditch, channel dug in earth
Example sentences :
  • And to all who showed above the trench the danger was great.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The captured first trench was utilized by the attacking force.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • A few minutes only and the first Russian trench line was reached.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Then it was up and down the trench again for another hour or so.
  • Extract from : « From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade » by Frederic C. Curry
  • A Roman trench and a Norman keep are its principal products.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • The trench is not to be sunk deeper than two feet and a half, or shallower than one foot and a half.
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • Between the Euphrates and the trench was a narrow passage, twenty feet only in breadth.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • Mr. Trench appears to have rendered it, "He giveth His beloved in their sleep."
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 » by Various
  • They wanted the timber for planks for trench supports and dug-outs.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Then the trench is evenly filled with earth and the cultivator follows.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
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