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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I was simply delivering the ambulance to Courtrai.

From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney

Are not the ancient Teutonic cities of Bruges, Courtrai, and Ypres spiritualised in the stanzas of Rodenbach, in the pastels of Fernand Khnopff, in the mystic statues of Georges Minne?

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan