Trencher Definition
trĕnchər
trenchers
noun
A wooden board or platter on which to carve or serve meat.
Webster's New World
Food served on a trencher.
Webster's New World
A piece of stale bread shaped or cut to serve as a plate for eating meals in the Middle Ages.
American Heritage
A supply of food.
Webster's New World
A person who digs trenches.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Trencher
Noun
Singular:
trencher
Plural:
trenchersOrigin of Trencher
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Middle English < Anglo-Norman trenchour < Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve"). See trench (verb).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English trenchur from Anglo-Norman trenchour from trencher to cut perhaps from Vulgar Latin trincāre trench
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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