trencher

Etymology

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

noun

  1. (archaic or historical) A plate on which food is served and/or cut.
  2. One who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
  3. A machine for digging trenches.
    Coordinate term: (hand tool) entrenching tool

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