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trenchersful

trenchersful 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 trenchersful

What is trenchersful the plural of?
Trenchersful is the plural of trencherful.

Words near trenchersful in the dictionary

  1. trenchermakers
  2. trencherman
  3. trenchermanship
  4. trenchermen
  5. trenchers
  6. trenchersful
  7. trencherwoman
  8. trencherwomen
  9. trenches
  10. trenchesful
  11. trenchful

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