Crossword clues for entrenchment
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
entrenchment \entrenchment\ n.
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an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
Syn: intrenchment.
the act or process of entrenching.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also intrenchment, 1580s, from entrench + -ment.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 The process of entrenching or something which entrenches 2 A fortification constructed of trenches n. 1 The process of entrenching or something which entrenches 2 A fortification constructed of trenches
WordNet
n. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches [syn: intrenchment]
Wikipedia
Entrenchment, Entrenched or Entrench may refer to:
- A trench
- Entrenchment (fortification), a type of fortification
- Military trenches with relation to Trench warfare, especially that of World War I
- An entrenchment clause within a constitution, a clause impervious to or somewhat shielded from the amendment process.
- Entrenchment hypothesis, in financial theory
- Entrenched Player's Dilemma, a concept featured in Wikinomics
- The process forming an Entrenched river, a process of erosion
- Entrench (album), a 2013 album by the Canadian band KEN mode
In fortification, the term entrenchment can refer to either a secondary line of defence within a larger fortification (better known as a retrenchment), or an enceinte designed to provide cover for infantry, having a layout similar to a city wall but on a smaller scale. The latter usually consisted of curtain walls and bastions or redans, and was sometimes also protected by a ditch.
In the 18th century, the Knights Hospitaller built a number of coastal and inland entrenchments as part of the fortifications of Malta. Further entrenchments were built in Malta by insurgents during the blockade of 1798–1800, in order to prevent the French from launching a counterattack.
Usage examples of "entrenchment".
He had refused to dismount from his destrier, which had a steel chanfron to protect its face and a trapper of gleaming mail to shield its body from the English archers who were no doubt stringing their bows in the entrenchments.
The bazaar was left to the enemy, but the serai, about a hundred yards in front of the main entrenchment, was held by a picket of twenty-four men of the 31st Punjaub Infantry, under Subadar Syed Ahmed Shah.
Pannions had conveniently mapped out the entire maze of tunnels and entrenchments, the location of supplies and what kind, the approaches and retreats.
The Boers, however, still retained their formidable internal lines, and the only result of a change of position seemed to be to put them to the trouble of building a new series of those terrible entrenchments at which they had become such experts.
The eastward-facing bank of the cutting provided a firestep for riflemen, who could, if overwhelmed, retreat across the wide entrenchment into the woods on the western side.
The ordinance was passed overwhelmingly in 1980 as native entrenchment against a tidal wave of foreign-speaking immigrants: All government meetings and publications were to be in English.
The weaker party, if it be wise, atones for its weakness by entrenchments.
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They started heaving stones and darts and firepots at the entrenchments in front of Dareton.
As things were, straightening out the traffic jam and getting everybody on the right road took almost as long as smashing through the entrenchments in front of Dareton had.
Hesmucet could see them scrambling out of the entrenchments and running back toward Whole Mackerel.
They'd never been shy about fighting—only the southrons' numbers had kept them in their entrenchments through most of this campaign.
Joseph the Gamecock, as usual, had more entrenchments waiting for him, some on a little knob called Cedar Hill, others farther west on a heavily wooded slope identified on his map as Commissioner Mountain.
He expected Joseph the Gamecock's men to have solid entrenchments on the forward slopes of Cedar Hill, and so they did.
For another, a troop of southron unicorn-riders trotted past the Army of Franklin's entrenchments right on the edge of catapult range.