† ˈtrainel, n. Obs.
Forms: 3–5 traynelle, 4 traynel(e, 6–7 trainel; 6–7 tranell, 7 trannell.
[a. OF. trainel (13th c. in Godef.), a trammel or hobble for a horse, a fishing-net (14th c. in Littré).
(In some cases a graphical confusion between trainel and tramel seems possible.)]
1. Some part of a horse's harness; perh. a hobble or trammel.
| 1284 Acc. Exch. K.R. Bd. 97 No. 3 (P.R.O.) Pro cordis emptis..ad Traynell[is] et Loygnes factis pro eisdem [equis]. Ibid. m. 4 Pro loynes et traynellis. c 1341 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 541 In Traynels factis pro equis domini Prioris, viij d. In j traynel emp. pro equo Bursarii, iiij d. 1467 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 389 Smythe the sadelere..axsethe for..a new traynelle, viij.d. |
2. A drag-net. Also trainel-net.
| 1585 Higins Junius' Nomencl. 256/1 Tragula..Traineau, a trainel or drag net. 1601 Holland Pliny xvi. viii. I. 461 Much use there is of it [cork]..for flotes to trainels or drag⁓nets. 1620 J. Wilkinson Courts Leet 122 No man ought to fish..but with such Nette or trannell as everie meash shall be two and a halfe inches wide. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Trainel-Net, Tramel or Trammel, a Drag-Net. |
Hence † ˈtrainel v. Obs., intr. to practise bird-catching with a drag-net (const. for).
| 1530 Palsgr. 586/1, I hoble, I tranell for larkes, je tremaille. Ibid. 760/2, I tranell for larkes, je trainelle. 1676 Marvell Mr. Smirke 37 If a man went out by night on Tranelling, or Bat-fowling. |