trice

verb

triced; tricing

transitive verb

: to haul up or in and lash or secure (something, such as a sail) with a small rope

Word History

Etymology

Middle English trisen, tricen to pull, trice, from Middle Dutch trisen to hoist, from trise windlass

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing trice

• in a trice

Rhymes for trice

• dice
• feis
• gneiss
• grice
• ice
• lice
• mice
• slice
• spice
• splice
• thrice
• twice

Kids Definition

trice

noun

ˈtrīs

: a brief space of time : instant

—used chiefly in the phrase in a trice