Trēnch'er, n.

n. [Fr. tranchoir, from trancher, trencher. See supra.]

1. One who trenches, or digs ditches.
2. A large wooden plate or platter.
3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. Shak.

It would be no ordinary declension that would bring some men to place their “summum bonum” upon their trenchers. South.