trenshoorès

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English trenschoure, from Anglo-Norman trenchour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɛnˈʃuːz/

Noun

trenshoorès

1. trenchers
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:

     An neeat wooden trenshoorès var whiter than snow.

     And neat wooden trenchers far whiter than snow.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:

     Heve a dishen an trenshoorès awye, Shaneen;

     Heave the dishes and the trenchers away, little John;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73