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Trenching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A kind of plow for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.

2. The practice or operation of plowing with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

Trenching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Cutting into trenches; digging; ditching.

Trenching [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To plow with deep furrows.

Trenching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913