trencher

noun /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

1. A plate on which food is served or cut.

   archaic, historical

   Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]

2. Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.

3. A machine for digging trenches.

   The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry trencher (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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