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trencherfuls

trencherfuls is the plural of trencherful.

Meaning of trencherful

Noun

trencherful (plural trencherfuls or trenchersful)

  1. Enough to fill a trencher; a plateful of food.
    • [W]e went to the Sun tavern in expectation of a dinner, where we had sent us only two trenchers-full of meat, at which we were very merry[…]1660 February 25 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 16th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...

Questions about trencherfuls

What is trencherfuls the plural of?
Trencherfuls is the plural of trencherful.

Words near trencherfuls in the dictionary

  1. trencher mates
  2. trencher-fed
  3. trencher-man
  4. trencher-men
  5. trencherful
  6. trencherfuls
  7. trenchering
  8. trencherlike
  9. trenchermaker
  10. trenchermakers
  11. trencherman

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