trencher

Definitions

Food

• A squared up plate made from coarse wholemeal bread four days old, 60 to 75 mm thick, used in medieval times to hold food. Lower classes of person known as trenchermen also ate the trencher. Upper classes didn’t.
• A wooden serving dish

Nearby Definitions of “trencher”

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Contexts for “trencher”

2 definitions in context
• Food