Definitions for trencher
ˈtrɛn tʃərtrencher

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trenchernoun

   someone who digs trenches

2. trenchernoun

   a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trenchernoun

   A long plate on which food is served.

2. trenchernoun

   A machine for digging trenches.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trenchernoun

   Etymology: from trench; trenchoir, Fr.

   1. A piece of wood on which meat is cut at table.

   No more
   I’ll scrape trencher, nor wash dish. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   My estate deserves an heir more rais’d,
   Than one which holds a trencher. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.

   When we find our dogs, we set the dish or trencher on the ground. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

   Their homely fare dispatch’d; the hungry band
   Invade their trenchers next, and soon devour. Dryden.

   Many a child may have the idea of a square trencher, or round plate, before he has any idea of infinite. John Locke.

   2. The table.

   How often hast thou,
   Fed from my trencher, kneel’d down at the board,
   When I have feasted. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   3. Food; pleasures of the table.

   It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after an ingenuous education, to place their summum bonum upon their trenchers, and their utmost felicity in wine. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. trencher

   A trencher is a flat piece of wood, metal, or other material, typically rectangular, used as a plate for serving food in historical times. In modern terms, it can also refer to a machine or tool used for digging trenches.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trencherverb

   one who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches

2. Trencherverb

   a large wooden plate or platter, as for table use

3. Trencherverb

   the table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trencher

   A trencher is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a piece of stale bread, cut into a square shape by a carver, and used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed before being eaten. At the end of the meal, the trencher could be eaten with sauce, but was more frequently given as alms to the poor. Later the trencher evolved into a small plate of metal or wood.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trencher

   tren′shėr, n. a wooden plate formerly used for cutting meat on at meals: the table: food: pleasures of the table.—ns. Tren′cher-cap, a style of college-cap: a mortar-board; Tren′cher-friend (Shak.), one who frequents the table of another, a parasite; Tren′cher-knight, -man (Shak.), one who can do feats in the way of eating, a feeder; Tren′cher-mate, a table-companion, parasite. [O. Fr. trenchoir—trencher, to cut.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trencher in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trencher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trencher
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trencher
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=trencher
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trencher
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trencher
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=trencher