drenching

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Ten pieces of artillery with harness and proper officers were to be forwarded from Peekskill, as well as intrenching tools.

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

As soon as the infantry line was formed, the troops set to work intrenching the position.

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

The British army now rested with their left wing on the hill they had just taken, and which they were busy intrenching.

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

Blount, plunging yet deeper into dissipation, drained it of every dollar of its profits, intrenching even on the standard value of the estate.

From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne

Some of the more wary and judicious, among whom were General Ward and Dr. Warren, doubted the expediency of intrenching themselves on those heights and the possibility of maintaining so exposed a post.

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