 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Apr 2019 4:43 p.m. PST |
Do your wargaming companions regard you as a trencherman? |
 20thmaine  | 12 Apr 2019 5:02 p.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 12 Apr 2019 5:14 p.m. PST |
"A person who eats a substantial amount" Not in a very long time. |
 etotheipi  | 12 Apr 2019 5:16 p.m. PST |
SWMBO regards me as the person who ate the last Reese's Easter egg. |
| Old Contemptibles | 12 Apr 2019 5:30 p.m. PST |
Never heard this word before. I am certain none of my wargame companions ever heard this term. Looked it up there are a dozen or more definitions of this word. A hearty eater; a person who has a hearty appetite; a person who sponges on others; a parasite; a person who eats in a specified manner; etc. |
| evilgong | 12 Apr 2019 5:32 p.m. PST |
Trencherman: a wargamer whose main area of interest is WWI Regards David F Brown |
| Cerdic | 13 Apr 2019 6:16 a.m. PST |
Never heard the word. I like evilgong's definition! |
 Legion 4  | 13 Apr 2019 7:37 a.m. PST |
a wargamer whose main area of interest is WWI Or someone who knows nothing about maneuver & fire. And who only demonstrates the tactics of the frontal attacks and attrition … |
| Bismarck | 13 Apr 2019 8:50 a.m. PST |
Bill, You are showing your age. Haven't heard that word in 40 years!
:-) |
| Shagnasty | 13 Apr 2019 10:21 a.m. PST |
I was but,sadly, no more. |
| 79thPA | 13 Apr 2019 8:23 p.m. PST |
No idea what you are asking. |
| Bismarck | 14 Apr 2019 5:22 p.m. PST |
79thPA, eons ago when I heard that term, it referred to someone who ate well or had a voracious appetite. Not quite a glutton, but someone who could consume a lot of food. I think I once looked up the definition and it referred to someone skilled in the use of a knife and a fork! :-) |
| Legion 4 | 15 Apr 2019 7:43 a.m. PST |
 I had no idea !!! Oh no … that could be me at an all you can eat buffet !!!!
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| COL Scott ret | 17 May 2020 8:51 p.m. PST |
Never heard that phrase before, but they could use my picture |
| UshCha | 18 May 2020 3:10 a.m. PST |
I assumed it was from this. Trencher (tableware)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A trencher (from Old French tranchier; "to cut") is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale) bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat.[1] At the end of the meal, the trencher could be eaten with sauce, but was more frequently given as alms to the poor. Later the trencher evolved into a small plate of metal or wood, typically circular and completely flat, without the lip or raised edge of a plate. Trenchers of this type are still used, typically for serving food that does not involve liquid; the cheeseboard is perhaps the most common type in the West. I once had a party where we served food on a trencher, but it was not stale bread, but nice bread. |
| von Schwartz | 21 May 2020 7:19 p.m. PST |
Only when they have crabs legs at the AYCE Chinese restaurant!! |
