trencher
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtrɛnʧər/
- Archaic
:
plato
- The poor ate their trenchers; the wealthy tossed theirs out or gave them to the poor.
- banquet trencher
- trenchers of meat
Examples
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I kept my gaze fixed on my trencher, for I did not wish to speak with Kazan, or even attract his notice.
Fiction book (1993) -
A trencher was a dinner plate made of flat, unleavened bread.
Blog text (24) -
Rory sat beside her, eating from the same trencher.
Fiction book (1999) -
No napkins, no tablecloths, no tables; everyone ate together off the floor from trenchers of boiled meat laid on green rushes.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nithe brought me a trencher with slices of bacon broiled over the fire, good dark bread, cheese, and a flagon of cool water from the river.
Fiction book (1991) -
The serving trays are beautifully arrayed: fried fish, roast chicken, trenchers of glazed meats, eggs, and condiments.
Fiction book (1998) -
Myrddin harnessed the oxen to the wagon, and Nithe cleared up the remains of the meal, sluicing the trenchers in the small stream.
Fiction book (1991) -
Peter de Montfort and the Countess herself have a taste of everything, and Peter summons back the carp for a larger serving, his trencher well soaked in sauce galantine.
Blog text (6) -
The diners at the high table spear the cut meat with the points of their dining knives, as Peter does, or delicately carry it from trencher to mouth with thumb and forefinger—or thumb and index finger.
Blog text (6) -
"For the banquet course, servants passed around decorated trenchers to use as plates."
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Trencher for a wooden plate comes from an old word meaning 'to cut' and the idea of a 'slice' of bread used as a plate; people once put food on a bread slice and later used a wooden board instead. That's why a trencher means a board or platter used to serve or carve food.