Question

what is the meaning of phrase in a trice​

Answer 1

Answer:

A short period of time' isn't the originalmeaning of 'trice' though - it had a more specific meaning, which was 'at a single pull'. This derived from the name given in the 14th century to a nautical windlass or pulley (variously 'tryse', 'tryce', 'trise' or 'trice') - hence the 'single pull' meaning.