Retrench

re-trench', v. [-trenched (-trenchf), v. -trenching.] To cut off, pare away; to le en, Reveal, abridge, curtail. {Mil.) To furnish with a retrench- To ment.— v. To live at le expense. [OF. retrencher; used trencher, to cut: see Trench.] — Retrenchement, n. without Act of retrenching or of lopping off; removal of veler, what is superfluous; act of le ening or abridging. vail.] {Mil.) A work constructed within another, to pro the long partial po e ion of the fortre when the en- Reveille, emy has gained po e ion, or to protect the defend- {Mil.) ers they can retreat or obtain a capitulation. which