Anglo-Irish. [ad. Ir. troighthín (Dineen), troighín (O’Reilly), a little foot or sole, a soleless stocking worn without shoes; dim. of troigh, troighth- foot (pl. troighthean); cf. Gaelic troidh foot, pl. troidhean.] See quots.
1817. Lady Morgan, France (1818), I. 125, note. Partial covering of the leg is universal among the peasantry of Ireland, at this day, under the name of ‘traheens.’
1836. W. H. Maxwell, Capt. Blake, II. iii., note. Traheeins are the legs of Connemara stockings, which case the limbs o! the traveller, without cramping his toes.
