0 present participle of entrench --
1 to firmly establish something, especially an idea or a problem, so that it cannot be changed: --
Came the outbreak of the war and there was no barbed wire, no entrenching equipment, and few armoured fighting vehicles.
I believe that the entrenching of code conditions in journalists' contracts of employment is an improvement, but it should be made universal.
We have to break down the barriers rather than entrenching them.
Two panniers for entrenching tools and three saddle blankets were not forthcoming.
There was no opportunity of testing whether automobiles could be used for the actual supply of ammunition, water, and entrenching tools to the firing line.
They were short of ammunition, short of barbed wire, short of entrenching tools.
Fitting well with these other stratagems, the entrenching of a corporate atmosphere entailed a cultural centralization.
Not only do the various conflicts follow a pattern : they are reproducing and entrenching the pattern as they are played out.
