tronke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trunke

Etymology

From Old French tronc, from Latin truncus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trunk/, [truŋk]

Noun

tronke (plural trunkes) (Late Middle English, rare)

1. A large chest or storage container.
2. A container which fish are put in; a fishtank.
3. A tree trunk; the main stem of a tree.
4. The headless body of a person.
5. The head of an animal in heraldry.

Descendants

• English: trunk
• Scots: trunk

References

• “trunk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-25.