Definizione monolingua

trench

trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched)

1. (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another.
   • 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwoods, page 68:

     Shee is the Judge, Thou Executioner, Or if thou needs wouldst trench upon her power, Thou mightst have yet enjoyd thy crueltie, With some more thrift, and more varietie.

   • 1949, Charles Austin Beard, American Government and Politics, page 16:

     He could make what laws he pleased, as long as those laws did not trench upon property rights.

   • 2005, Carl von Clausewitz, J. J. Graham, On War, page 261:

     [O]ur ideas, therefore, must trench upon the province of tactics.

2. (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
3. (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.

trench (plural trenches)

1. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground, especially in warfare.
2. (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
3. (informal) A trench coat.
   • 1999, April 24, Xiphias Gladius <ian@schultz.io.com>, ""Re: trenchcoat mafia"", ne.general.selected, Usenet:

     I was the first person in my high school to wear a trench and fedora constantly, and Ben was one of the first to wear a black trench.

   • 2007, Nina Garcia, The Little Black Book of Style, HarperCollins, as excerpted in Elle, October, page 138:

     A classic trench can work in any kind of weather and goes well with almost anything.

Definizione dizionario trench

	trincea
	long, narrow ditch or hole

	fosso
	long, narrow ditch or hole

fossa

Altri significati:

(archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.

(military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.

(archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.

(usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another.

A type of ditch used in warfare.

(informal) A trench coat.

A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground, especially in warfare.