Trencher
Trencher , noun
[Old English trencheoir, French tranchoir, from trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, transitive verb]
1.
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
2.
A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
3.
The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after an ingenuous education, to place their “summum bonum” upon their trenchers.
Collocations (4)
Trencher cap , the cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc.
Trencher fly , a person who haunts the tables of others; a parasite. [Rare] — L'Estrange
Trencher friend , one who frequents the tables of others; a sponger.
Trencher mate , a table companion; a parasite; a trencher fly. — Hooker