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trenchering

trenchering noun: trenchers; plates.

Noun

trenchering (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Trenchers; plates.
    • 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.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Questions about trenchering

What does trenchering mean?
Trenchering means trenchers; plates.
What part of speech is trenchering?
Trenchering is a noun.

Words near trenchering in the dictionary

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

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