In·trench v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.]
1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
His face
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton.
2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. “In the suburbs close intrenched.”