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

Theon hacked a loaf of bread in half, hollowed out a trencher, and summoned a cook to fill it with fish stew.

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

Instantly she was horrified at herself, and in mortified confusion kept her eyes on the wooden trencher before her.

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