trainband

[ treyn-band ]
/ ˈtreɪnˌbænd /

noun English History.

a company of trained militia organized in London and elsewhere in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

Origin of trainband

1620–30; train(ed) + band1

Example sentences from the Web for trainband

  • To-morrow you will deliver ten guns to the captain of the trainband at the court-house.

    Prisoners of Hope |Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for trainband

trainband
/ (ˈtreɪnˌbænd) /

noun

a company of English militia from the 16th to the 18th century

Word Origin for trainband

C17: altered from trained band