Trencher
Definition of Trencher
Trench´er
n.
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
.
Trencher friend
one
who
frequents
the
tables
of
others
;
a
sponger
.
- L'Estrange.
Trencher mate
a
table
companion
;
a
parasite
;
a
trencher
fly
.
- Hooker.
Related Words
digger
,
ditch
,
trench
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