Entrenchment
[ɪn'trɛntʃmənt]
Definition
(noun.) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
Typist: Nathaniel--From WordNet
Examples
- It would have been driven back farther had it not had the art of entrenchment in reserve. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is adapted to fire long-range shells with great rapidity and powerful effect, and is exceedingly efficient in defence of ditches and entrenchments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The heavy guns, the high explosive shell, the tanks, needed by the allies to smash up these entrenchments, did not yet exist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Tito