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trainel

trainel noun: a dragnet.

Noun

trainel (plural trainels)

  1. (obsolete) A 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. […]...

Forms of trainel

pluraltrainels

Origin of trainel

Old French

Questions about trainel

What does trainel mean?
Trainel means a dragnet.
What part of speech is trainel?
Trainel is a noun.
What is the plural of trainel?
The plural of trainel is trainels.

Words near trainel in the dictionary

  1. trained up
  2. trainee
  3. trainees
  4. traineeship
  5. traineeships
  6. trainel
  7. trainels
  8. trainer
  9. trainer bra
  10. trainer bras
  11. trainer liner

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