trench plough

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trench plough - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
     v. t.]
     1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
        draining land. --Mortimer.
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     2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
        shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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              In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
        of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
        place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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     To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
        lines of approach.
  
     Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
        besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
        half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
        the covered way.
  
     Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
        land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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