1. The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.
2. The state of being truncated.
3. (Min.)
Defn: The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.
TRUNCH
Trunch, n. Etym: [See Truncheon.]
Defn: A stake; a small post. [Obs.]
TRUNCHEON Trun"cheon, n. Etym: [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF.tronchon, tron, F. tron, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.]
1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.
2. A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.
3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. Gardner.