We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more
retrencher (1155)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

The form retrancher is a cross reference to the following entry:

retrencher (1155)

Cite this entry
retrancher  
  FEW:  *trinicare 13/iii,277b Gdf:  retrenchier 7,158a GdfC:  retranchier 10,567b TL: retrenchier 8,1181 DEAF:  trenchier 1 (retrenchier)  DMF:  retrancher  TLF:  retrancher  OED:  retrench v.1  / retrench v.2  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to reduce, lower: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De quarante le mist a trente, De dis li retrancha sa rente  Brut WACE 1888
2mil.to retrench, fortify: 
( 1271; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De retrencher e doner voie a lor enemis, k'il seient destrut le plus legerement  vegetius2 64.12

[hp]

See also:

trencher 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
retrancher