trench

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An alley
To cut
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
cut a trench in, as for drainage
impinge or infringe upon
To encroach
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
any long ditch cut in the ground
fortify by surrounding with trenches
cut or carve deeply into
set, plant, or bury in a trench
dig a trench or trenches
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch
To cut furrows or ditches in
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next
To have direction
A long, narrow cut in the earth
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches
Residential area (city, town, village) in United Kingdom in Telford and Wrekin

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