Obs. rare. [ad. F. tronche fem.:—pop.L. *trunca for truncus stump of a tree, TRUNK (14th c. in Godef.).]
1. = TRUNCHEON sb. 3.
1590. L. Lloyd, Diall Daies, Oct., 14. Tipstaves … with silver trunches and staves to go before…, and to keep the people in order.
2. A post, stake.
1622. W. Bradford, Relat. New Eng., 12. Little trunches knockt into the ground, and small stickes laid over, on which they hung their Pots.
