‖n. [ Sp., bypath, crossroad. ] (Mil.) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Pros.) A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. trochaïcus, Gr. &unr_; or &unr_;. See Trochee. ] (Pros.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Gr. &unr_; a wheel. ] (Zool.) Resembling a wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trochal disk (Zool.), the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) See Trocar. [ 1913 Webster ]