intrench

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Here, immediately after fixing their plan, they began to intrench and fortify the ground they occupied, and made all the dispositions which troops usually do who halt for the night.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

The armies in Europe are showing us that you must intrench yourself where you are if you want, in the end, to push forward.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

They were proceeding to intrench themselves, but were driven into their tents by a drenching rain.

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

Baum also halted, posted himself on a high ground at a bend of the little river Walloomscoick and began to intrench himself.

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

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