trainel

English

Etymology

Noun

trainel (plural trainels)

(obsolete) A dragnet.
- 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, published 1635, →OCLC:
  Much use there is of it [cork] […] for flotes to trainels or drag~nets.

References

“trainel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

-traline, Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, latrine, line art, ratline, reliant, retinal, trenail

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