thrall

n. [ OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þr&aemacr_;l; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant. ] 1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enslave. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Thraldom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (a) Having no thralls. (b) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds. [ 1913 Webster ]