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v. t.
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
v. t.
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
v. t.
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
n.
A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.
pl.
of Ditch
n.
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
v. t.
To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
n.
A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
n.
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
n.
A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
v. i.
To dig a ditch or ditches.
v. t.
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
n.
A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
imp. & p. p.
of Ditch
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ditch
v. t.
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.
v. t.
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
v. t.
To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
v. t.
To surround with a ditch.
n.
One who digs ditches.
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