English → Latin
“intrenchment” in Latin
vallumwall, rampart, entrenchmentfossaa ditch, trench, moat, fosse; a gutter, waterway; a furrow drawn to mark foundationsaggerearthwork, particularly defensive ramparts or bulwarks, dykes, dams, causeways, and piers; rubble or earth used or intenexstruōto pile, heap or build up; to build up, raise, rear, erect, constructcōnstruōto heap, bring, collect or gather together; to construct, build, fabricate, erect; to connect, construct
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intrenchment
vallum (with palisades): fossa (the trench): agger (the mound). To throw up intrenchments [Vid: To INTRENCH, if the foss is principally meant), munimentum exstruere; munitionem facere; aggerem comportare jacere, exstruere, construere; vallum ducere; anywhere, alicui loco munimentum or munitionem imponere; aliquem locum munitionibus sepire; alicui loco munitiones circumdare; aliquem locum munimento or aggere cingere.
IMPROPR., An intrenchment on anybody’s rights injuria illata: jus alicujus violatum or imminutum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intrenchment?
- The usual Latin words for “intrenchment” are vallum, fossa, agger; also exstruō, cōnstruō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.