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. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson.
He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.