Now dial. [Goes with TRASH v.1, of which it may be the source, or the vbl. sb.] A cord used to check dogs in breaking or training them; a leash. Also trash-cord.
1611. Markham, Country Content., I. i. (1615), 15. Your Huntsmans lodging, wherein hee shall also keep his cooples, liams, collars, trashes, boxes.
1830. Scatcherd, Hist. Morley, 195. To ‘Trash’ signifies to clog, incumber, or impede, and accordingly … the rope tied by sportsmen round the necks of fleet pointers, to … check their speed, is hereabouts called a ‘Dog Trash.’
1884. Speedy, Sport, iv. 43. It will be found in many cases necessary to use a trash-cord in breaking dogs.
1899. Dickinson, Cumberld. Gloss., Trash cord, a long slender rope fastened to the collar of a young pointer (or setter) if headstrong and inclined to run in.
