Retrench Definition
rĭ-trĕnch
retrenched, retrenches, retrenching
verb
To cut down or reduce (esp. expenses); curtail.
Webster's New World
To cut off or out; omit or delete.
Webster's New World
To reduce expenses; economize.
Webster's New World
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
Wiktionary
To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
To retrench bastions.
Wiktionary
Origin of Retrench
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Obsolete French retrencher from Old French retrenchier re- re- trenchier to cut trench
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French retrenchier, French retrancher; see French trancher (“to cut"), and English trench.
From Wiktionary
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re- +"Ž trench
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