Courtrai

American  

[koor-tre] / kurˈtrɛ /

noun

1. a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city.

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Courtrai British  

/ kurtrɛ /

noun

1. Flemish name: Kortrijk.  a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)

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Example Sentences

Before long, the young artist Dirk Renswoude is entertaining two guests: the self-satisfied aristocrat Balthasar of Courtrai and the angelically good-looking Theirry of Dendermonde.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019

Seven hundred golden spurs, from slain French knights, were carried from the battlefield to Courtrai Cathedral as a thank offering.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Gates, forced down near Courtrai, burned his bullet-riddled plane under his captors' noses; later escaped by jumping from a prison-train window in a German tunnel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its left was in front of the fortress of Courtrai.

From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire

During the Battle of Neuve Chapelle the railways in the rear of the German lines were bombarded, and the junction at Courtrai, seventeen miles east of Ypres, was destroyed.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward