intrench

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On the 1st of July, Burgoyne encamped four miles north of Ticonderoga, and began to intrench and to throw a boom across the lake.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

Both the division commanders claim that they were to be relieved, and that they were ordered not to intrench or replenish supplies.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James

Pearson had had to intrench himself at Ekowe, where he would be obliged to defend himself, until troops sufficient for his relief could be got together.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

It proceeded to intrench itself in political as well as in financial power.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers

On August 15 Baum came in touch with Stark's forces, but he hesitated to attack and proceeded to intrench.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene