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trencher
[ tren-cher ]
noun
- a person or thing that digs trenches.
- a rectangular or circular flat piece of wood on which meat, or other food, is served or carved.
- such a piece of wood and the food on it.
- Archaic. food; the pleasures of good eating.
trencher
1/ ˈtrɛntʃə /
noun
- (esp formerly) a wooden board on which food was served or cut
- Also calledtrencher cap another name for mortarboard
trencher
2/ ˈtrɛntʃə /
noun
- a person or thing that digs trenches
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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For the moment it was this hundredth man Trencher would have to fear.
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"Crowd chasing a pickpocket, I imagine," said Trencher indifferently.
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Trencher, looking slantwise to the south, could see them plainly.
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But Trencher had quit looking that way and was looking another way.
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Moreover, this person was staring directly in Trencher's direction.
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