trencher Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who digs trenches
  2. noun a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved

WordNet

Trench"er noun
Etymology
OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr. trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, v. t.
Definitions
  1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
  2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
  3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
    It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after an ingenuous education, to place their "summum bonum" upon their trenchers. South.

Webster 1913