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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Trencher Cap

The mortar-board cap worn at college; so called from the trenchered or split boards which form the top. Mortar-board is a perversion of the French mortier.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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