Entrenchment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  entrenchment \entrenchment\ n.
     1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by
        trenches.
  
     Syn: intrenchment.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. the act or process of entrenching.
        [PJC] entrepot

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entrenchment
       n : an entrenched fortification; a position protected by
           trenches [syn: {intrenchment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "entrenchment":
     abri, approach trench, aqueduct, bunker, canal, canalization,
     channel, communication trench, confirmation, countermine, coupure,
     crimp, cut, deep-rootedness, deep-seatedness, dike, ditch,
     double sap, dugout, embedment, encroachment, entrance,
     establishment, fire trench, fixation, fixedness, fixity, fixture,
     flying sap, fortified tunnel, fosse, foxhole, gallery, goffer,
     gutter, ha-ha, impingement, implantation, imposition, incursion,
     infiltration, infixion, influx, infringement, injection, inroad,
     insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping,
     interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion,
     invasion, inveteracy, irruption, kennel, mine, moat, obtrusion,
     parallel, pleat, sap, slit trench, stabilization, sunk fence,
     trench, trespass, trespassing, trough, tunnel, unlawful entry