\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. [Eng.]

      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.