Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fortification, a trench made by the defenders of a place to render ineffectual one made by the besiegers.
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Examples
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We, however, held the ground up to the ditch till night, and then drew back only a short distance, and began to counter-trench.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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We, however, held the ground up to the ditch till night, and then drew back only a short distance, and began to counter-trench.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 2 1855
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We, however, held the ground up to the ditch till night, and then drew back only a short distance, and began to counter-trench.
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We, however, held the ground up to the ditch till night, and then drew back only a short distance, and began to counter-trench.
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