trencher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trencher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for trencher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trencher n someone who digs trenches a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trencher \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 [bd]summum bonum[b8] 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.