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Trenching


TRENCH'ING, participle present tense Cutting into trenches; digging; ditching.

TRENCH'-PLOW, noun [trench and plow.] A kind of plow for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.

TRENCH'-PLOW, verb transitive [trench and plow.] To plow with deep furrows.

TRENCH'-PLOWING, noun The practice or operation of plowing with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.