Thrall \Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel. [thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to Sw. tr["a]l, Dan. tr[ae]l, and probably to AS. [thorn]r[ae]gian to run, Goth. [thorn]ragjan, Gr. tre`chein; 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. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Thrall \Thrall\, a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. --Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Thrall \Thrall\, v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)