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.
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.