trenching

A method called trenching, is good because it is so thorough.

The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw

Mary does not talk of the garden; it may well be a disagreeable subject to her, but her husband is persuaded that nothing is wanting to make the first new one good but trenching, which is to be done by his own servants and John Bond, by degrees, not at the expense which trenching the other amounted to.

Jane Austen's Letters To Her Sister Cassandra and Others 1796

A kind of trenching of the ground is resorted to; they hoe deep, and draw it well to themselves: this exposes the other earth to the hoe.

The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

If with a scraper, put the surface soil at the bottom of the loose filling, and the subsoil at the top, as this will be an imitation, for the limited area of the drains, of the process of "trenching," which is used in garden cultivation.

Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health 1865

A kind of trenching of the ground is resorted to; they hoe deep, and draw it well to themselves: this exposes the other earth to the hoe.

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 David Livingstone 1843

Experts cited by news agencies, however, say the Taliban is simply re-trenching in the face of greater numbers of NATO forces.

NATO Commander Expects More Taliban Attacks in Spring 2011

I'm constantly explaining to people that while digging forks and trenching shovels may outlast them, trowels and hoes are pretty much consigned to five to ten years of life before they die.

Retirement Day (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

House of Delegates, 1979-83; responsible for successful ballot initiative requiring all nine council votes for council to exceed inflation rate on property tax increases (2008); charter amendments, forbidding operation of garbage dumps and trenching of sewage sludge in residential zones (1978 and 1980), seeking to eliminate long-distance charges for Upcounty residents (1982); honorable discharge, U.S. Army.

Robin Ficker (R) Post 2010

In an operation conducted in cooperation with the MOD, Odyssey has completed an archaeological pre-disturbance survey of the site, conducted limited test trenching, and recovered two bronze cannon to confirm the identity of the shipwreck.

Odyssey Marine finds 1744 Shipwreck That Could Hold up to 4 Tons Of Gold Coins : Coin Collecting News 2009

Experts cited by news agencies, however, say the Taliban is simply re-trenching in the face of greater numbers of NATO forces.

NATO Commander Expects More Taliban Attacks in Spring 2011