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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman trenche, from trenchier (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trenche (plural trenches)
- A path or way through a forest.
- An abdominal affliction (such as a parasitic worm).
- (rare) A snippet or slip of fabric.
- (military, rare) A trench; a narrow ditch used as cover.
Descendants
References
Old French
Etymology
From the verb trenchier (“to cut”).
Noun
trenche oblique singular, f (oblique plural trenches, nominative singular trenche, nominative plural trenches)
- trench (manmade ditch)
Descendants
Verb
trenche
- first-person singular present indicative of trenchier
- third-person singular present indicative of trenchier
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trenchier
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trenchier
- second-person singular imperative of trenchier
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