a. Obs. Fallen or broken in trade, bankrupt.
1596. Shaks., 1 Hen. IV., IV. ii. 32. Reuolted Tapsters and Ostlers Trade-falne.
1631. Heywood, 1st Pt. Fair Maid of W., I. i. Her father Sold hydes in Somersetshire, and being trade-fallne, Sent her to service.
a. 1632. T. Taylor, God’s Judgem., vii. (1642), 111. Many young Shop-keepers … through Drinking … have suddenly proved Trade-falne.
