·vt A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
II. Trencher ·vt The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
III. Trencher ·vt One who trenches; ·esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
·noun A <<Cook>>. II. Trencher-man ·noun A table companion; a trencher mate. III. Trencher-man ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·pl of Trencher-man. ...
The square cap worn by the collegians. at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A stout trencher man; one who has a good appetite, or, as the term is, plays a good knife and fork. ...
A great eater. ...