intrench

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Instead of attacking, the French began to intrench themselves, and in order to clear the battle-field a truce was arranged.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

By a strange and criminal neglect no attempt was made to intrench this position, although it was known that the column might at any moment be attacked by the Zulus.

From The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars by Henty, G.A.

The prince intends to intrench himself at Suhovola or Yanov and receive battle.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Ah, word of no meaning, behind whose vast latitude of mere sound we intrench our ignorance of so much of the spiritual!

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

Fearful of being attacked before they could intrench, they immediately set to work with their axes to throw together a brushwood fence, while thirty soldiers were stationed in front toward the river, to repel assault.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler