Bible Dictionaries
Intrenchment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Any defense or protection.

(2):

(n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

(3):

(n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

(4):

(n.) An encroachment or infringement.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Intrenchment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/intrenchment.html. 1828.