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For people named Trench, see Trench (surname).

A trench is a long narrow ditch.

[edit] Types and applications

• Oceanic trench
• Archaeology - referring to an open excavation
• Civil Engineering
• Drainage
• Gardening
  • Ha-ha (garden) (sunken fence)
• Geological - oceanic trench, e.g., Mariana Trench
• Military - i.e.
  • trench warfare
    • trench coat
    • trench foot
• Pipeline transport, cable, etc.
• Execution trenches were employed in concentration camps during World War II. Described in the Elie Wiesel novel Night
• Diseases:
  • Trench mouth, infection of the gums.
  • Trench foot, "immersion foot."

[edit] See also

• Trencher

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