tronke

Middle English

Alternative forms

trunke

Etymology

From Old French tronc, from Latin truncus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trunk/, [truŋk]

Noun

tronke (plural trunkes) (Late Middle English, rare)

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.

Descendants

English: trunk
Scots: trunk

References

“trunk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-25.

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