trenket

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trenkette, tranket, tringet

Etymology

Probably from an Old French dialectal form of trenchier (“to cut”).

Noun

trenket (plural trinkettus)

1. A cordwainer's knife or similar curved blade for leatherworking, often one joined with an elsen.
2. (countable, collective) An association of cordwainers; the collective noun for cordwainers.

See also

• English trinket (possibly related)

References

• “trenket, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.