trenche

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === trench === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman trenche, from trenchier (“to cut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɛnt͡ʃ(ə)/ === Noun === trenche (plural trenches) A path or way through a forest. An abdominal affliction (such as a parasitic worm). (rare) A snippet or slip of fabric. (military, rare) A trench; a narrow ditch used as cover. ==== Related terms ==== trenchen trenchour ==== Descendants ==== English: trench Middle Scots: trinch === References === “trench, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === From the verb trenchier (“to cut”). === Noun === trenche oblique singular, f (oblique plural trenches, nominative singular trenche, nominative plural trenches) trench (manmade ditch) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: tranche French: tranche → English: tranche → Middle English: trenche English: trench → French: trench Scots: trinch === Verb === trenche first-person singular present indicative of trenchier third-person singular present indicative of trenchier first-person singular present subjunctive of trenchier third-person singular present subjunctive of trenchier second-person singular imperative of trenchier === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tranche) trenche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub