† trochedadj.
Hunting. Obsolete.
a. Having a ‘troche’, as a deer's horn; also said of the deer.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > of particular form > of form of antlers
troched1413
tineda1425
full-summed1575
throstle-nest1785
1413–22 Venery de Twety in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 151 Whan he is troched on boothe sydes of .vi. than is he of .xxiij. atte fulle.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv If he be troched of iii. he is an herte of xii.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Troché Teste de cerf trochée, Troched, or whose top is diuided into three or foure small branches.
b. Also (by analogy) said of a tower furnished with pinnacles or battlements. rare.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [adjective] > battlemented
battledc1400
embattledc1400
trochedc1400
battlemented1603
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 795 A better barbican þat burne blusched vpon neuer; & innermore he be-helde þat halle ful hyȝe, Towre[s] telded bytwene, trochet ful þik.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1383 With koynt carneles aboue, coruen ful clene, Troched toures bitwene twenty spere lenþe.
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