trenche
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman trenche, from trenchier (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittrenche (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.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “trench, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom the verb trenchier (“to cut”).
Noun
edittrenche oblique singular, f (oblique plural trenches, nominative singular trenche, nominative plural trenches)
- trench (manmade ditch)
Descendants
editVerb
edittrenche
- 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
References
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tranche)
- trenche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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