trencher

Example Sentences

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More soup gets served, Sister’s Stew, “in a trencher hollowed out of a stale loaf.”

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2017

In this opener, we're treated to a look at traditional British loaves, from the humble white bloomer to the relatively lavish lamb-leg trencher.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013

The meals alone involved prodigious waste: one massive, carved, 14-foot-long wooden trencher held 120 gallons of fish stew.

From Time Magazine Archive

The queen gazed down in disgust to where he sprawled with his face in his trencher and his hand in a puddle of wine.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Hannah had set a wooden trencher on the table with a small comcake studded with blueberries, and beside it a gourd filled with yellow goat’s milk.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare