Definitions for: Trencher


[n] a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
[n] someone who digs trenches



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: board, digger

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