Trainband : n : a company of militia in England or America from the 16th
century to the 18th century
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Trainband : \Train"band`\, n.; pl. Trainbands.
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. --Macaulay.
A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town.
--Cowper.
