Meaning of Trencher | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plate on which food is served or cut.
   archaic, historical
2. Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
3. A machine for digging trenches.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]”

“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.”

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