trenching

noun

any long ditch cut in the ground

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

verb

dig a trench or trenches

cut a trench in, as for drainage

set, plant, or bury in a trench

cut or carve deeply into

fortify by surrounding with trenches

impinge or infringe upon

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