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antre

American  
[an-ter] / ˈæn tər /

noun

  1. a cavern; cave.


antre British  
/ ˈæntə /

noun

  1. archaic a cavern or cave

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of antre

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


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He had a sweet hover, both for rest and recreation, under the bank, in a placid antre, where the water made no noise, but tickled his belly in digestive ease.

From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

From almost earliest youth I raised the lids o' the truth, And forced her bend on me her shrinking sight; Ever I knew me Beauty's eremite, In antre of this lowly body set.

From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Francis Thompson

There Chiron old, In the Pelethronian antre, taught thee lore; The plants he taught, and by the shining stars In forests dim to steer.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Maroccan, the Necromancer, followed her about until she returned to her antre; then, awaiting till the evening evened, he arose and repaired to a vintner's store where he drank a cup of wine.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

The least turn reminds us that we are passing some antre vast, or lateral ridge, occupying a place in the map which thus determines our position.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell

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