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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
- a person or thing that digs trenches
trencher
2/ ˈtrɛntʃə /
noun
- (esp formerly) a wooden board on which food was served or cut
- See mortarboardAlso calledtrencher cap another name for mortarboard
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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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