† ˈtroching Venery. Obs.
[f. troche n.1 + -ing1.]
A ‘troche’, or troches collectively; a branching into a troche.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) ii, If þer be thre or .iiii. or mo, it is ycleped trochynge. Ibid. xxiv, Þe trochynge..hye and gret. 1660 Howell Parly of Beasts iv. 62 Such branch'd horns, such spilters [sic] and trochings on their heads, as that goodly Stagg bears. 1678 Phillips (ed. 4), Trochings,..the small little branches on the top of the Deers-head, divided into three or four. |