† tranch, v. Obs.
Also 6 traunche.
[a. F. tranch-er to cut: see trench v.]
trans. To carve (a sturgeon or other fish).
| 1513 Bk. Keruynge (W. de Worde) A j b, Traunche that sturgyon. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 78 Tranch that Sturgeon. 1840 H. Ainsworth Tower Lond. ii. xxxix, In the old terms of his art, he leached the brawn,..tranched the sturgeon, undertranched the tunny-fish, tamed the crab, and barbed the lobster. |