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trench
noun (trenches )
1 a long narrow ditch in the ground.
2 mil
a a large scale version of this where the earth thrown up by the excavations is used to form a parapet to protect soldiers from enemy fire, shells, etc and which often incorporates rudimentary living quarters;
b (trenches) a series of these that forms a defensive system.
3 a long narrow steep-sided depression in the floor of an ocean, especially one that runs parallel to a continent.
verb (trenches , trenched , trenching ) intr
1 to dig a trench or trenches.
2 to excavate a trench as fortification.
3 (usu trench on or onto) to come near, verge on or encroach.
[14c: from French trenche a cut]
trench coat
noun
1 a type of long raincoat that is usually double-breasted, has a belt and sometimes epaulettes.
2 a type of military overcoat.
trench fever
noun a highly contagious disease transmitted by lice, manifesting with such symptoms as headache, chills, rash, aching back and legs and a recurrent fever.
[1915: so called because it was common amongst soldiers in the trenches during World War I]
trench foot or trench feet
noun a condition in which the feet become painfully swollen and blistered, often with some blackening of the tissue, and which is caused by long-term immersion in water or mud.
[1915: so called because soldiers in the trenches in World War I frequently suffered from this condition]
trench mortar
noun a small mortar designed to launch bombs from a trench over to the enemy's trenches.
[1915]

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