trenchand

English

Adjective

trenchand (comparative more trenchand, superlative most trenchand)

1. Obsolete form of trenchant.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And with his trenchand blade her boldly kept
     From turning backe , and forced her to stay

References

• “trenchand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.