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Quotation dates: 1861
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†TROLY, n. Also trawlie (Jam.); ¶trolsie. A ring through which the traces pass between the two draught-horses or oxen next the plough, and by means of which it is kept from trailing on the ground (Ags. 1808 Jam.).Bwk. 1861 Proc. Bwk. Nat. Club (1863) 252:
The proprietors in the neighbourhood of this great forest had a right of taking wood for what was called "harrow, barrow, soam and trolsie."
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