trencher
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.
Origin of trencher
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How to use trencher in a sentence
A knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’ | Bee Wilson | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the moment it was this hundredth man trencher would have to fear.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb"Crowd chasing a pickpocket, I imagine," said trencher indifferently.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobbtrencher, looking slantwise to the south, could see them plainly.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. CobbBut trencher had quit looking that way and was looking another way.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
Moreover, this person was staring directly in trencher's direction.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for trencher (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtrɛntʃə) /
(esp formerly) a wooden board on which food was served or cut
Also called: trencher cap another name for mortarboard (def. 1)
Origin of trencher
1British Dictionary definitions for trencher (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtrɛntʃə) /
a person or thing that digs trenches
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