Trainband /(?)/

Train·band

Trainband

n.

pl. Trainbands

  1. A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. [Eng.]
    He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure.
    A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town.