Meanings
nountrainel (plural trainels)
plural trainels
- obsoleteA dragnet.
Much use there is of it [cork][…]for flotes to trainels or drag~nets.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XVI.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
Origin
Old French
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trainel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainel
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