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† ˈtroched, a. Venery. Obs.
[ad. OF. troche (14th c. in Godef.), as if f. troche n.1 + -ed2.]
Having a ‘troche’, as a deer's horn; also said of the deer.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxiv, If he be troched of iii. he is an herte of xii. 1413–22Venery de Twety in Rel. Ant. I. 151 Whan he is troched on boothe sydes of .vi. than is he of .xxiij. atte fulle. 1611Cotgr. s.v. 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.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1383 With koynt carneles aboue, coruen ful clene, Troched toures bitwene twenty spere lenþe. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 795 A better barbican þat burne blusched vpon neuer; And innermore he be-helde þat halle ful hyȝe, Towre telded bytwene trochet ful þik. |
