† triˈental, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. trientālis f. triens, trient-em: see trient and -al1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or constituting a third part (e.g. 1/3 of a foot in length, of a pound in weight, etc.).
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Triental (trientalis), of or being four inches broad or ounces in weight. 1891 Cent. Dict., Triental, a. of the value of a triens; of or pertaining to the triens, or third part. |
B. n. An ancient Roman drinking-vessel containing one-third of a sextarius.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Triental (Lat.), a vessel containing the third part of Sextarius, half our Pint. 1789 Madan tr. Persius iii. (1795) 91 But a trembling comes on whilst at his wine, and the warm triental He shakes out of his hands. |