different between trencher vs trenches

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??nt??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?nt??(?)

Noun

trencher (plural trenchers)

1. (archaic) A long plate on which food is served and/or cut.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2

     No more dams I'll make for fish;

     Nor fetch in firing

     At requiring,

     Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish;

     'Ban 'Ban, Ca—Caliban,

     Has a new master—Get a new man.

   • 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. One who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
3. A machine for digging trenches.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Trencher (tableware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trencher (machine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• retrench

Old French

Verb

trencher

1. Alternative form of trenchier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??nt???z/
• Hyphenation: trench?es

Noun

trenches

1. plural of trench

Noun

trenches pl (plural only)

1. The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman.

Verb

trenches

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trench