train 
same ult. source.] 1. That which is drawn along 
behind, or which forms the hinder part; a trail. 
(a) The elongated part of a skirt behind when sufficiently 
extended to trail along the ground. Trains have long been 
an adjunct of full dress for women, frequently coming into 
fashion, and seldom abandoned for any length of time; at 
times they have reached a length of ten feet or more on 
the floor. A train of moderate length is called a demi- 
train. 
A Baronesse may haue no trayne borne ; hut, haueing a 
goune with a trayne, she ought to beare it her self. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S.), p. 26. 
She shall be dignified with this high honour 
To bear my lady's train. Shak., 1. G. of V., ii. 4. 159. 
But pray, what is the meaning that this transparent lady 
holds up her train in her left hand ? for I find your women 
on medals do nothing without a meaning. 
Addison, Ancient Medals, ii. 
The Duke of Buckingham bore Richard's train [at Rich- 
ard III. 's coronation]. J. Gairdner, Richard III., iv. 
(b) The tail of a comet or of a meteor, 
Stars with traim of fire. Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. 117. 
(c) The tail of a bird, especially when long, large, or con- 
spicuous. See cuts under Argus, peafowl, Phaethon, Pha- 
etanus, Promerops, Terpsiphone, and TroijanW.ee. 
The train serves to steer and direct their flight, and turn 
their bodies like the rudder of a ship. 
Ray, Works of Creation, p. 146. 
(d) That part of the carriage of a field-gun which rests 
upon the ground when the gun is unlimbered or in posi- 
tion for firing : the trail. 
2. A following; a body of followers or atten- 
dants; a retinue. 
Sir, I invite your highness and your train 
To my poor cell. Sliak., Tempest, v. 1. 300. 
The muses also are found in the train of Bacchus. 
Bacon, Fable of Dionysus. 
Now the Shepherds, seeing so great a train follow Mr. 
Great-heart (for with him they were well acquainted), they 
said unto him, Good Sir, you have got a goodly company 
here. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, ii. 
The king's daughter, with a lovely train 
Of fellow-nymphs, was snorting on the plain. 
Addison, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., ii. 
My train consisted of thirty-eight persons. 
Macauiay, in Trevelyan, I. 323. 
3. A succession of connected things or events ; 
a series : as, a train of circumstances. 
God helpe the man so wrapt in Errours endlesse traine ! 
Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 18. 
Sir, I was five times made a bankrupt, and reduced from 
a state of affluence, by a train of unavoidable misfortunes. 
Sheridan, The Critic, i. 2. 
I starts light with Rob only ; I comes to a branch ; I 
takes on what I find there ; and a whole train of ideas 
gets coupled on to him. Dickens, Dombey and Son, xxxviii. 
4. In mack., a set of wheels, or wheels and pin- 
ions in series, through which motion is trans- 
mitted consecutively : as, the train of a watch 
(that is, the wheels intervening between the 
barrel and the escapement); the going-tram of a 
clock (that by which the hands are turned); the 
striking-tratH (that by which the striking part 
is actuated). 6. In metal-worldng, two or more 
pairs of connected rolls in a rolling-mill worked 
as one system; a set of rolls used in rolling 
various metals, especially puddled iron and 
steel; a roll-train. 6. A connected line of 
carriages, cars, or wagons moving or intended 
to be moved on a railway. 
Clifford . . . could catch a glimpse of the (rain* of cars, 
flashing a brief transit across the extremity of the street. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xi. 
7. A string or file of animals on the march. 
Goods were carried by long trains of pack-horses. 
Macaitlay, Hist. Eng., iii. 
Camel traim wound like worms along the thread-like 
roads. O'Donovan, Merv, xii. 
8. A line of combustible material to lead fire 
to a charge or mine : same as squib, 2. 
Shall he that gives fire to the train pretend to wash his 
hands of the hurt that 's done by the playing of the mine? 
Sir R. L'Estrange, Fables. 
9. A company in order ; a procession. 
Which of this princely train 
Call ye the warlike Talbot? 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 2. 34. 
Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train. 
Goldsmith, Traveller, 1. 319. 
10. Suitable or proper sequence, order, or ar- 
rangement; course; process: as, everything is 
now in train for a settlement. 
Lady Sneer. Did you circulate the report of Lady Brit- 
tie's intrigue with Captain Boastall? 
Snake. That 's in as fine a train as your ladyship could 
wish. Sheridan, School for Scandal, i. 1. 
11. A kind of sleigh used in Canada for the 
transportation of merchandise, wood, etc. Hart- 
lett. 12. The lure used to recall a hawk. Hal- 
liwett. 13. Something intended to allure or 
entice; wile; stratagem; artifice; a plot or 
scheme. 
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Yet first he cast by treatie and by traynes 
Her to persuade that stubborne fort to yilde. 
Spenser, F. (}., I. vL 8. 
Devilish Macbeth 
By many of these trains hath sought to win me 
Into his power. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. 118. 
14f. A snare; net; trap; ambush. 
Most justly they the Cities scorne are made, 
Who will be caught, yet see the traine that 's laid. 
Beywood, Anna and Phillis (Works, ed. 1874, VI. 323). 
You laid that Train, I'm sure, to alarm, not to betray, 
my Innocence. Steele, Tender Husband, v. 1. 
15f. Treason; treachery; deceit. 
Vudertaker of treyne, of talkyng but litill, 
Neuer myrth in his mouthe meuyt with tong. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3789. 
For als tyte mon I be taken 
With tresoune and with trayne. 
York Plays, p. 245. 
Accommodation train. See accommodation. Cheap 
Trains Act, a British statute of 1883 (46 and 47 Viet., c. 34), 
abolishing the duty on railway-fares not exceeding one 
penny per mile, and reducing the duties on higher fares. 
Epicy die train. See epicyclic. Limited train, (a) 
A train the weight of which (or the number of cars) is 
limited, to correspond to the hauling power of the engine, 
(ft) A train limited to first-class passengers. Merchant, 
mixed, parliamentary train. See the adjectives. 
Puddle-bar train. See muck-rolls. Rolling-mill train, 
the system of grooved rollers by which iron bars are gradu- 
ally drawn down from balls or blooms ; a roll-train. 
Through train. See through^. Train of artillery. 
See artillery. Train of prisms. See spectroscope. Ves- 
tlbuled train. See vestOmle, v. t. 
train 2 t (tran), n. [Early mod. E. traine, trayne, 
trane (chiefly in comp. train-oil) ; < MD. traen, 
D. traan = MLG. tran, LG. traan (> G. thran 
= Sw. Dan. tran), train-oil, also in MD. liquor 
tried out by fire ; a particular use of MD. traen, 
D. traan = OHG. trahan, MHG. trahen, tran 
(pi. trahene, trehene, also trailer), G. trahne, a 
tear, akin to OHG. zahar, MHG. zaher, G. eaher, 
zahre, etc., a tear, = E. tear: see tear 2 .'] Same 
as train-oil. 
The leakage of the traine doth fowle the other wares 
much. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 308. 
trainable (tra'na-bl), a. [< train 1 + -able.] 
Capable of being trained, educated, or drilled. 
Youth [is] by grace and good councell traynable to 
vertue. Lusty Juventus. 
train-band (tran'band), . [Short for trained 
band, early mod. E. trayned band; also called 
trained company.'] A force of citizen soldiery 
identified with London; especially, one com- 
pany or division of this force. The service ren- 
dered by the train-bands to the Parliament during the civil 
war caused their dissolution by Charles II., but the force 
was reorganized later, and continued for many years. 
There was Colonel Jumper's Lady, a Colonel of the 
Train Bands, that has a great Interest in her Parish. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 376. 
As to foreign invasion, the Lord Mayor has but to 
throw himself into the Tower, call in the train bands, and 
put the standing army of Beef-eaters under arms, and he 
might bid defiance to the world. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 309. 
On several occasions during the civil war, the train- 
bands of London distinguished themselves highly. 
Maeaulay, Nugent's Hampden. 
Sometimes used adjectively: 
A train-band captain eke was he 
Of famous London town. 
Cowper, John Gilpin. 
train-bearer (tran'bar' i 'er), n. One who holds 
up the train of a robe ; especially, such a 
person appointed to attend on the 'sovereign 
or some nigh official on an occasion of cere- 
mony. 
train-bolt (tran'bolt), . A bolt to which the 
training-tackle of a gun is hooked. 
train-boy (tran'boi), n. A lad who sells news- 
papers, magazines, books, candy, and other arti- 
cles on railway-trains. [U. S. and Canada.] 
trained (trand),;j. a. [< train 1 + -ed?. In def. 
2, pp. of train 1 , .] 1. Having a train. 
He swooping went 
In his trained gown about the stage. 
B. Jonson, tr. of Horace's Art of Poetry. 
2. Formed or made proficient by training; edu- 
cated; instructed; exercised; practised: as, 
a trained eye or judgment ; trained nurses. 
It is conceded that the object of the manual-training 
course is not to make artists or mechanics, but trained 
men and women. New York Evening Post, April 25, 1891. 
Trained band, a body of trained men, especially soldiers. 
See train-band. 
Each serving man, with dish in hand, 
March'd boldly up, like our train'd band. 
Suckling, Ballad upon a Wedding. 
trainelt (tra'nel), n. [< OF. trainel (of. F. trai- 
neau), dim. of train, a drag: see train 1 .] A 
trail-net; a drag-net. Holland. 
trainer (tra'ner), n. [< train 1 + -er 1 .] 1. One 
who trains; an instructor. 2. One who trains 
train-oil 
or prepares men, etc., for the performance of 
feats requiring certain physical fitness, as an 
oarsman for a boat-race, a pugilist for a prize- 
fight, or a horse for raciug. 3. A militiaman. 
[U.S.] 4. A wire or wooden frame upon which 
flowers or shrubs are trained. 
train-hand (trau'hand), n. Same as trainman. 
training (tra'ning), >i. [Early mod. E. also 
training; verbal n. of train 1 , v."] 1. Practical 
education in some profession, art, handicraft, 
or the like ; instruction coupled with practice 
in the use of one's powers : as, manual training; 
a sound business training. 
The aim of historical teaching is the training of the 
judgment to be exercised in the moral, social, and politi- 
cal work of life. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 373. 
Man's moral nature is dependent upon heredity, train- 
ing, and environment. Westminster Rev., CXXV. 251. 
2. The act or process of developing the physi- 
cal strength and powers of endurance, or of 
rendering the system capable of performing 
some notable feat ; also, the condition of being 
so prepared and capable. 
A professed pugilist ; always in training. 
Dickens, Hard Times, i. 2. 
3. In gardening, the art or operation of form- 
ing young trees to a wall or espalier, or of caus- 
ing them to grow in a desired shape. 4. Drill ; 
practice in the manual of arms and in simple 
manoeuvers, such as is provided for militia. 
Compare train-band, training-day. 
After my cominge to Colchester, upon Fryday the llth 
of this moneth in the afternoone, rydinge into a f eild wher 
all S r Thomas Lucasse his bandewas at trayninge, I, after 
that M' Thomas Seymor and I had beeholden the manner 
of the trayning of the bnnde, did invite M' Seymor and 
myself to suppe with S r Thomas Lucasse. 
Sir. John Smyth, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 90. 
Hash, the brother of Margaret, at the Spring training, 
was punished not only by imprisonment, but also with an 
inconsiderable fine, for disorderly behavior on that occa- 
sion. S. Judd, Margaret, L 15. 
Training to Arms Prohibition Act. See prohibition. 
= Syn. 1. Nurture, Education, etc. (see instruction) ; drill, 
schooling, breeding, tuition. 
training-bit (tra'ning-bit), n. A wooden gag- 
bit used in training vicious horses. It has iron 
cheeks with a connecting iron passed through 
a wooden mouthpiece. E. H. Knight. 
training-day (tra'ning-da), n. A day appoint- 
ed by law for drill and review of the militia or 
other citizen soldiery. 
You must take something. It 's training day, and that 
don't come only four times a year. S. Judd, Margaret, i. 13. 
training-halter (tra'ning-hal"ter), n. A form 
of halter made like a riding-bridle, but having 
short cheeks with rings for attaching bit-straps. 
E. H. Knight. 
training-level (tra'ning-lev'el), n. An instru- 
ment for testing divergence from a true hori- 
zontal line : used especially in training guns. 
training-pendulum (traVing-penMu-lum), n. 
A pendulum for facilitating the accurate eleva- 
tion and depression of guns by means of colored 
alcohol or quicksilver contained in a tube. Ad- 
miral Smyth. 
training-school (tra'uing-skol), . A school or 
college where practical instruction is given, 
especially in the art of teaching; a school in 
which instruction and practice in teaching are 
united; a normal school. 
training-ship (tra'ning-ship), . A ship equip- 
ped with officers, instructors, etc., for training 
lads to be seamen. 
Besides some old war hulks at the station, there were a 
couple of training-ships getting ready for a cruise. 
C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 13. 
training-Wall (tra'ning-wal), n. A wall built 
up to determine the flow of water in a river or 
harbor. 
trainless (tran'les), a. [< train 1 + -less.'] Hav- 
ing no train: as, a trainless dress. 
trainman (tran'man), . ; pi. trainmen (-men). 
A man employed on a railway-train, as a brake- 
man or a porter. 
A special train was on the way from St. Paul with a 
double complement of engineers and trainmen. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 566. 
trainmentt (tran'ment), n. [< train 1 + -merit.] 
Training. 
And still that precious trainment is miserably abused 
which should be the fountain of skill. 
0. Harvey, Four Letters. 
train-mile (tran'mil), . One of the total num- 
ber of miles run by all the trains of a line or sys- 
tem of railways during some specified period : 
a unit of work in railway accounts. 
train-oil (tran'oil), H. [Early mod. E. traytie- 
oyle, trane-oil; < traiift + oil.'] Oil drawn or 
