trenket
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably from an Old French dialectal form of trenchier (“to cut”).
Noun
edittrenket (plural trinkettus)
- A cordwainer's knife or similar curved blade meant for leatherworking, often one joined with an elsen.
- (countable, collective) An association of cordwainers; the collective noun for cordwainers.
Descendants
edit- English: trinket
References
edit- “trenket, noun.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.