tronke

Middle English

/trunk/

noun
Definitions
  • A large chest or storage container.
  • A container which fish are put in; a fishtank.
  • A tree trunk; the main stem of a tree.
  • The headless body of a person.
  • The head of an animal in heraldry.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tronc (alms box, tree trunk, headless body, trunk) derived from Latin truncus (trunk, a stock, lopped tree trunk).

Origin

Latin

truncus

Gloss

trunk, a stock, lopped tree trunk

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