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trencher

[ tren-cher ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that digs trenches.
  2. a rectangular or circular flat piece of wood on which meat, or other food, is served or carved.
  3. such a piece of wood and the food on it.
  4. Archaic. food; the pleasures of good eating.


trencher

1

/ ˈtrɛntʃə /

noun

  1. (esp formerly) a wooden board on which food was served or cut
  2. Also calledtrencher cap another name for mortarboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


trencher

2

/ ˈtrɛntʃə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that digs trenches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trencher1

1275–1325; Middle English trenchour something to cut with or on < Anglo-French; Middle French trencheoir. See trench, -ory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trencher1

C14 trenchour knife, plate for carving on, from Old French trencheoir , from trenchier to cut; see trench
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Example Sentences

A knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl.

For the moment it was this hundredth man Trencher would have to fear.

"Crowd chasing a pickpocket, I imagine," said Trencher indifferently.

Trencher, looking slantwise to the south, could see them plainly.

But Trencher had quit looking that way and was looking another way.

Moreover, this person was staring directly in Trencher's direction.

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