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Synonyms for trenches

Grammar : Noun
Spell : trench
Phonetic Transcription : trɛntʃ

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Définition of trenches

Origin :
  • late 14c., "track cut through a wood," later "long, narrow ditch" (late 15c.), from Old French trenche "a slice, ditch" (late 13c.), from trenchier "to cut," possibly from Vulgar Latin *trincare, from Latin truncare "to cut or lop off" (see truncate). Trenches for military protection are first so called c.1500. Trench warfare first attested 1918. Trench-coat first recorded 1916, a type of coat worn by British officers in the trenches.
  • noun ditch, channel dug in earth
Example sentences :
  • Trenches were dug round the hut and tent, so that they must have had rain.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • The officers and men not employed in the trenches were directed to lie down.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • But some laughed and said the trenches were telling on men's nerves.
  • Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
  • Roger, you will be very careful, won't you, in the trenches?'
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • This third line of trenches was protected with armor plate and concrete.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • But on May 17, 1915, these trenches near Hussakow were recaptured by the Russians.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • It destroyed the trenches and killed or wounded hundreds of the defenders.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • But the British charge formed in their trenches, with the Canadians on their right.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • These trenches were only about a hundred yards from those of the British.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • It was but the work of minutes to take the first line of German trenches.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
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