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▪ I. trachle, trauchle, n. Sc.|ˈtrɑx(ə)l, ˈtraux(ə)l|
[f. next.]
1. A fatiguing or exhausting journey or effort; exhausting struggle or toil.
1823W. Tennant Cdl. Beaton v. vii. 174 It's een a lang trachle frae the Kirk Wynd in Anster, to the Castle Wynd in St. Andrews. 1840A. Laing Wayside Flowers (1878) 33 A' broken and pined Wi' trachle o' body and trouble o' mind. 1881P. Duncan in Mod. Scott. Poets III. 171 Life's trachle's near a close.
2. A person who ‘trachles’ or gets ‘trachled’.
1887J. Service Dr. Duguid xxiii. 157, I have had to ding some useless trauchle out of my gate. 1901G. Douglas House w. Green Shutters 39, I would have thocht the thowless trauchle hadna the smeddum left to interfere. [Note] Trauchle, a poor trollop who trails about.
▪ II. trachle, trauchle, v. Sc.|ˈtrɑːx(ə)l, ˈtraux(ə)l|
[Known from 16th c. Of obscure origin; but bearing a striking resemblance in sense to West Flemish tragelen, given by De Bo as a variant of trakelen, to go with difficulty, to walk laboriously and heavily; also trans. to drag or trail, as a canal-boat: cf. tragel or trakel a tow-path. Cf. also Du. traag, MDu. traech slow, heavy, sluggish; also Sw. dial traggel n., traggla v., worry, bother (Rietz).]
1. trans. To bedraggle, dishevel; to disorder, injure, or befoul by trampling. (Chiefly in pa. pple.)
1549Compl. Scot. vii. 68 Hyr hayr..vas feltrit & trachlit out of ordour, hingand ouer hyr schuldirs. 1825Jamieson s.v., A person is said to trauchle corn or grass, when he injures it by treading on it. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb i, We canna hae the beast's maet trachel't amo' their feet.
2. To tire out or fatigue greatly by long walking; to exhaust by over-exertion; fig. to distress. (Chiefly in pa. pple.)
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 274 Thay war vondrous tyrd and foirgeine and trachled gretlie in travell. 1588J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 263 That night, the Lard..sufferit the [Spanish] souldiours to com a-land..for the maist part young berdles men, sillie, trauchled, and houngered. 1776C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xxxvi, Quo' they, ‘We're trachled unco sair, We've gane twal mile o' yerd and mair’. 1889Barrie Window in Thrums xx. 189 Ye mauna trachle yersel', mother.
b. intr. for refl. To tire oneself out; to drudge.
1823W. Tennant Cdl. Beaton v. vii. 171 I'm a wee for⁓jeskit though, wi' trachlin' sae lang. 1840A. Laing Wayside Flowers (1878) 37 Then why need ye toil on an' trachle sae sair?
Hence ˈtrachled (ˈtrachlet), ˈtrauchled ppl. a.; ˈtrachling, ˈtrauchling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1902Blackw. Mag. Sept. 364/2 It's a trauchling game [golf] and I wish I'd never seen it. 1910Dundee Advert. 25 Nov., A scheme..whereby a ‘trauchled’ working class mother could be relieved of part of her domestic toil. |