Sentence example with the word 'entrenchment'

entrenchment

abri, communication trench, deep-seatedness, entrance, flying sap, ha-ha, influx, interloping, inveteracy, pleat, trespassing

Definition n. an entrenched fortification

Last update: June 17, 2015


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We have no account of the size or position of this camp, but a consideration of the site, and a comparison with other Roman camps in various parts of Europe, make it probable that it occupied an area of about so acres, extending over what is now known as the Armenian quarter of the town, and that it was bounded on the north by the old or first wall, on the west also by the old wall, on the south by a line of defence somewhat in the same position as the present south wall where it passes the Zion Gate, and on the east by an entrenchment running north and south parallel to the existing thoroughfare known as David Street.   [Please select]

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* A kind of entrenchment.   [Please select]

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Prince Andrew and the officer rode up, looked at the entrenchment, and went on again.   [Please select]

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The jackals sniffed at every crevice, and determined to wait a bit; but the monkeys laughed the whole entrenchment to scorn.   [Please select]

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