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Definition of Entrenches
1. entrench [v] - See also: entrench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entrenches
Literary usage of Entrenches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"Friedrich intervening, Daun draws back; entrenches him- $elf, in Neighbourhood to
... Daun instantly calls halt, at this news; waits, entrenches; and, ..."
2. History of Canada: From the Time of Its Discovery Till the Union Year 1840-41 by François-Xavier Garneau (1862)
"The French army entrenches itself at ... the surrender of the capital, retires
to Jacques Cartier and entrenches his troops.—The British army, enclosed in ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"Friedrich intervening, Daun draws back; entrenches himself, in Neighbourhood to
Dresden and Pirna; Friedrich following him. Four Armies standing there, ..."
4. The Second War with England by Joel Tyler Headley (1853)
"... New Orleans—Approach and landing of the British—Jackson proclaims martial
law—Night attack on the British—Jackson entrenches himself—First attack of the ..."
5. History of Aurangzib: Based on Original Sources by Jadunath Sarkar (1920)
"Conscious of the smallness of his own force and Dara entrenches the overwhelming
strength of the a pass near enemy, Dara wisely changed his ' tr' plan. ..."
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