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語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)

名詞

trencher (plural trenchers)

1. (archaic or historical) A plate on which food is served or cut.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

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

   Coordinate term: (hand tool) entrenching tool

   • 1956 January, “New Permanent Way Equipment on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:

     The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.

派生語

Further reading

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

アナグラム

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