THRALL

thrall. Thrall, n. bondage, a slave; v.t. to enslave

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Thrall (?), n. [[OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þrǣl; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan, Gr. τρέχειν; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]] 1. 1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott. 2. 2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson.
He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman. 3. 3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.