trencher
pronunciation
How to pronounce trencher in British English:
UK [ˈtrentʃə(r)]
How to pronounce trencher in American English:
US [ˈtrɛntʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who digs trenches
- a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
Word Origin
- trencher (n.)
- "wooden platter on which to cut meat," c. 1300, from Anglo-French trenchour, Old North French trencheor "a trencher," literally "a cutting place," from Old French trenchier "to cut, carve, slice" (see trench).
Example
- 1. A knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl .
- 2. The baccalaureate gown is not beautiful at all , but it 's necessary to take a picture in it with the people who strive with you , then throw the trencher cap into air .
- 3. So the magician fell upon him , and beat him , and set before him an empty trencher , and said , ' eat , ' and an empty cup , and said , ' drink , ' and flung him again into the dungeon .