English Dictionary

retrenchment

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹɪˈtɹɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt/

名詞

古風

(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.

日本語の意味

要塞内に設けられる防御工事。敵が外部の防御線を突破した場合でも、守備隊が内部に退避して戦闘を継続できるよう、要塞の防御力を高めるために構築される内部構造物。

During the siege, the garrison constructed a retrenchment that allowed them to fall back and continue resisting even after the outer walls were breached.

包囲戦の最中、守備隊は内側の防塁を築き、外壁が陥落した後でもそこに退避して戦い続けることができた。

意味（1）

(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.

The Half-Moon is a Work always raiſed before the Baſtion's Point, being ſo named from the Lowneſs of its Gorges Cavity, &c. and is to ſecure the Two Faces of the Baſtion; but when the Faces have but a weak Defence from the Ravelin, theſe Works are ſoon made uſeleſs or ruined, and give the Beſieged an opportunity of Lodgment, and may ſerve for Batteries and Flanks againſt the oppoſing Baſtions; however they may be retrenched by Traverſes, yet they will not fail to attack entirely in the Face, or where you have your laſt Retrenchment, alſo that called the Counterguard runs the like Hazard.

retrenchments （ plural ）