† Trenchering

Obs. rare. [f. TRENCHER¹ + -ING¹.]

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1. vbl. sb. Devotion to the trencher; eating; feasting.

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1594. Harington, Nugæ Ant. (1804), I. 170. Some men who love gameing,… some men who love wine, and some who love trencheringe.

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2. Trenchers collectively.

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1610. Shaks., Temp., II. ii. 187. No more dams I’le make for fish,… Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish.

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