Obs. [ad. med.L. tregua, treuga, treugua (c. 1220 in Du Cange), = It. and Sp. tregua, Pr. tregua, trega, Pg. tregoa, ad. Goth. triggwa treaty, covenant, f. triggws true, sure. In OF. trive, treve, F. trève: see also TREVE, TRUCE. (For form cf. LEAGUE.)] A truce.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., II. ii. 33. Which to confirme, and fast to bind their league, After their weary sweat and bloody toile, She them besought, during their quiet treague, Into her lodging to repaire a while.
a. 1660. Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.), II. 174. A trumpeter … desiringe a treague or cessation of armes for a peremptorie time.
