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antre

[ an-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

antre

/ ˈæntə /

Origin of antre¹

1595–1605; < Middle French < Latin antrum. See antrum

Origin of antre¹

C17: from French, from Latin antrum, from Greek antron

Antre is a generic term for cave, and as trou means hole, the word antrou is also equivalent to old hole.

Watch came, with his little scut of a tail cocked as sharp as duty, and I set him at the narrow mouth of the great snow antre.

Note the antithesis in the same line, antre de rois, Louvre de voleurs.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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