v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + TRAVAIL v.] trans. To exhaust with labor.
c. 1305. St. Kenelm, 314, in E. E. P. (1862), 56. Fortrauailled hy were sore: þat hi moste slepe echon.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, III. 325.
| The king saw that he sa wes failyt, | |
| And that he Ik wes for-trawaillyt. |
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), IX. ii. 349/1. The fende entred within hym & thre houres togydre so fortrauayled hym & soo rent hym byfore them all tyll he slewe hym.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. xviii. 20. His men of warre, horse and caryage were meruailously fortrauailed.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 129.
| Untill the sutor-folk at length | |
| Wi’ flings fortravail’d and forfairn’, | |
| Found to the wastin’ o’ their strength | |
| He would na stick and be a stern! |
