trencher

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A machine for digging trenches
A long plate on which food is served
{n} a wooden plate to cut meat on
One who trenches; esp
A shallow, lipped platter, often of wood or metal, or even bread, used for serving food or as a plate
A good trencher-man A good eater The trencher is the platter on which food is cut (French, trancher, to cut), by a figure of speech applied to food itself He that waits for another's trencher, eats many a late dinner He who is dependent on others must wait, and wait, and wait, happy if after waiting he gets anything at all “Oh, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes favours! There is, betwixt that smile he would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ” Shakespeare: Henry VIII , iii 2 Trencher Cap The mortar-board cap worn at college; so called from the trenchered or split boards which form the top Mortar-board is a perversion of the French mortier
{i} person or thing which digs tunnels or trenches; board on which meat is cut
A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use
The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food
a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
someone who digs trenches
one who cuts or digs ditches
A wooden plate used at the table
a plate used in the past for serving food (trenchour, from , from trenchier )
a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved someone who digs trenches
trenchers
plural of trencher
trencher

    Hyphenation

    trench·er

    Turkish pronunciation

    trençır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈtrenʧər/ /ˈtrɛnʧɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'tren-ch&r ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French trencheoir, from trenchier to cut.
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