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  • noun Enough to fill a trencher; a plateful of food.

Etymologies

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trencher +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • a trencherful, it should sleep warm in a stocking, instead of being made a brother to owls here, for every rogue to snatch at.

    The Saint's Tragedy Charles Kingsley 1847

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