TRENCH (2)

trench (2). Trench, n. a ditch, cut, defense to cover soldiers

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Trench, v. i. 1. 1. To encroach; to intrench.
Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon the prerogative of the divine nature? I. Taylor. 2. 2. To have direction; to aim or tend. Bacon.
To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by trenches, as a town in besieging it. Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. Young.