trencher

Example Sentences

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Admittedly, these plates would have been like trenchers, sturdy supports made of baked dough.

From Salon

Instead of plates, there were bread trenchers, which would soak up the juices and be then thrown to the dogs.

From Washington Post

The facility will include a heavy equipment arena to train workers using scaffolds, trenchers, cranes, scissor lifts and more.

From Washington Times

Mrs. Lapham was already scraping the trenchers clean, getting on with her work.

From Literature

There were shelves upon the walls where loaves of bread and trenchers lay.

From Literature