Verb
(third-person singular simple present darrains, present participle darraining, simple past and past participle darrained)
- (obsolete) To make ready to fight; to arm oneself for combat.
- (obsolete) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
Origin
From deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), from Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”).
