antre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of antre
1595–1605; < Middle French < Latin antrum. See antrum
Example Sentences
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Hereat quoth he to himself, "If I enter this antre, haply shall I lose myself, and perish of hunger and thirst!"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Sacre nom, nous sommes tombes dans un antre de betes sauvages!" exclaimed Masaroon, starting up, and anxiously examining the skirts of his brocade coat, lest that sudden deluge had caught him.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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 Underwoods 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
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
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