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Trencher
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What's The Definition Of Trencher?
[n] a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
[n] someone who digs trenches Synonyms | Synonyms for Trencher: Related Terms | Find terms related to Trencher: Trencher In Webster's Dictionary \Trench"er\, n. [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.
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