Retrench

rē-trensh′, v.t. to cut off or away: to render le : to curtail.— v.i. to live at le expense: to economise.— n. Retrench′ment , cutting off: le ening or abridging: reduction: economy: ( fort. ) a work within another for prolonging the defence. [O. Fr. retrencher (Fr. ret rancher )— re- , off, trencher , to cut, which, acc. to Littré, is from L. truncāre , to cut off.]