trenket
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from an Old French dialectal form of trenchier (“to cut”).
Noun[edit]
trenket (plural trinkettus)
- A cordwainer's knife or similar curved blade meant for leatherworking, often one joined with an elsen.
- (countable, collective) An association of cordwainers; the collective noun for cordwainers.
Descendants[edit]
- English: trinket
References[edit]
- “trenket, noun.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.