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.

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: trench
  • Middle Scots: trinch

References

Old French

Etymology

From the verb trenchier (“to cut”).

Noun

trenche oblique singular, f (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

References

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