Trenching

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Trenching
Author: Noah Webster

TRENCH’ING, ppr. Cutting into trenches; digging; ditching.

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

TRENCH’-PLOW, v.t. [trench and plow.] To plow with deep furrows.

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

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Trenching," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8RHEGLPIDBISDX6.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Trenching." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8RHEGLPIDBISDX6.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Trenching' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8RHEGLPIDBISDX6.