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TRENCHER (M. Eng. trenchour, trenchere, &c.,O. Fr. trencheoir trenchoier, a place on which to cut up food, from trencher, mod. 'rancher, to cut, probably from Lat. truncare, lop, cut off, or from transecare, to cut across)

TRENCHER (M. Eng. trenchour, trenchere, &c.,O. Fr. trencheoir trenchoier, a See also:
PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)
place on which to cut up See also:
FOOD
FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)
food, from trencher, mod. 'rancher, to cut, probably from See also:
LAT
Lat. truncare, lop, cut off, or from transecare, to cut across) , a platter, being a See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat piece of See also:

wood, in its earliest See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form square, later circular, on which food was carved or cut up and served. These wooden " trenchers " took the place of earlier ones which were thick slices of coarse See also:

BREAD

bread; these, after being soaked with the See also:

GRAVY

gravy and juices from the See also:

MEAT

meat and other food were eaten or thrown to the See also:

ALMS

alms See also:

BASKET

basket for the poor. The wooden trencher went out of use on the introduction of pottery and later of See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain plates. At See also:

Winchester See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, the old square beechwood trenchers are still in use. The potters of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century made earthenware plates very flat and with a shallow rim; these were known as " trencher plates." " Trencher See also:

salt-cellars " were the small salts placed near each See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person for use, as opposed to the ornamental " See also:

STANDING

standing " salts. For " See also:

TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench," a ditch, and " entrenchment," see FORTIFICATION AND SIEGECRAFT.

End of Article: TRENCHER (M. Eng. trenchour, trenchere, &c.,O. Fr. trencheoir trenchoier, a place on which to cut up food, from trencher, mod. 'rancher, to cut, probably from Lat. truncare, lop, cut off, or from transecare, to cut across)

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