Trĭnk'et1, n.
[Perhaps originally tricket, from Prov. Eng. trick, trig, elegant, neat, trim. Cf. O. & Prov. Fr. trinquet.]
- A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
- A thing of little value; tackle; tools. Tusser.
- (Naut.) (a.) The top-sail or top-gallant-sail. (b.) The highest sail of the ship. [Obs.] “Sailing always with the sheets of our main-sail and trinket warily in our hands.” Hakluyt.