English Explanatory Dictionary

trencher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plate on which food is served or cut.
  2. Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
  3. A machine for digging trenches.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trencher.wav

Word forms

trencher trenchers

Etymology

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

Derived words

fruit-trencher lick-trencher spin the trencher trencher cap trencher-fed trencher fly trencher friend trencher-man trencherman trencher mate
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