Definition of Trainbend
Train"band` (?), n.; pl.
Trainbands (&?;). A band or company of an organized
military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; --
afterwards applied to the London militia. [Eng.]
He felt that, without some better protection than that of
the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be
secure. Macaulay.
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. Cowper.
Train"band` (?), n.; pl.
Trainbands (&?;). A band or company of an organized
military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; --
afterwards applied to the London militia. [Eng.]
He felt that, without some better protection than that of
the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be
secure. Macaulay.
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. Cowper.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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