Obs. Also 6 trashe, traishe nayle. [Derivation and specific sense uncertain. (Cf. traverse nail in TRAVERSE sb. 23.)] Some kind of nail (used app. in fixing up the stage or scenery for revels).
1556–7. in Swayne, Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896), 102. Trashe nayles, ij d.
1578. in Feuillerat, Revels Q. Eliz. (1908), 308. Trashe nayle xiiiid. Ibid. (1584), 369. Threed, fire, candles, traishe nayle etc.
1620. Thomas, Lat. Dict., Clavi vmbellati,… Trash nailes.
