trenket

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • trenkette, tranket, tringet

Etymology

Probably from an Old French dialectal form of trenchier (“to cut”).

Noun

trenket (plural trinkettus)

  1. A cordwainer's knife or similar curved blade for leatherworking, often one joined with an elsen.
  2. (countable, collective) An association of cordwainers; the collective noun for cordwainers.

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