Trench

trensh, v.t to cut or dig a ditch: to dig deeply with the spade or plough —v.i. to encrouch — « a long narrow cut in the earth (fort.) an excavation to interrupt the approach of an enemy the excavated approaches made by besiegers. [O. Fr. trencher, Fr rancher, acc. to Littre from L. truncare to maim, to cut off — truncus, maimed.] Trenchant, trensh'ant, adj cutting: sharp ’severe,