Mil. A device with sharp iron spikes set on the ground to cripple the feet of an advancing enemy; similar device used against trespassers, etc.; fig. a spiritual trap or pitfall. …

(a) An instrumental musician, singer, or story-teller; also fig.; minstral of mouth, ?a singer; godes minstral, the poor, lunatics, and lepers; kinges (lordes) minstral, a minstrel retained by a king……

(a) A wrapped bundle containing clothing, laundry, etc., a parcel, traveler's pack; also, ?a bolt of cloth, cloth wound and fastened together in a roll [quots. c1436]; in trusse, ?on the bolt; (b) a……