trenche

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman trenche, from trenchier (to cut).

Pronunciation

Noun

trenche (plural trenches)

  1. A path or way through a forest.
  2. An abdominal affliction (such as a parasitic worm).
  3. (rare) A snippet or slip of fabric.
  4. (military, rare) A trench; a narrow ditch used as cover.

Descendants

  • English: trench
  • Middle Scots: trinch

References

Old French

Etymology

From the verb trenchier (to cut).

Noun

trenche oblique singularf (oblique plural trenches, nominative singular trenche, nominative plural trenches)

  1. trench (manmade ditch)

Descendants

Verb

trenche

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trenchier
  2. third-person singular present indicative of trenchier
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of trenchier
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of trenchier
  5. second-person singular imperative of trenchier

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