trencher
(noun) a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
trencher
(noun) someone who digs trenches
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trencher (plural trenchers)
(archaic) A long plate on which food is served and/or cut.
One who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
A machine for digging trenches.
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Source: Wiktionary
Trench"er, n. Etym: [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr. trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, v. t.]
1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. 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. South. Trencher cap, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc.
– Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of others; a parasite. [R.] L'Estrange.
– Trencher friend, one who frequents the tables of others; a sponger.
– Trencher mate, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher fly. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 May 2025
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
