Obs. rare. Also 5 tryys, -st, -ste. [a. MDu. trîse, trijs, Du. trijs windlass, pulley, hoisting-block = MLG. trîsse, trîtse tackle, hoisting-rope (whence also Da. tridse, trisse, Sw. trissa sheave, pulley, Ger. trieze crane, pulley). Cf. TRICE v.] A pulley or windlass.
1357–8. Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907), II. 178. In j trice empt. de Domino Priore 6s 8d.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 503/1. Tryyste, wyndas [v.rr. tryys, tryyst], machina, carchesia.
1462–3. Norwich Sacr. Roll (MS.). Pro le trice ad trahendum plumbum, xx d. In fune et hawuseris pro le trice, iij s. ix d.
