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

At Helchin a brigade was to guard the outer flank of the assailants against a movement by the Hanoverians and to keep open communication with Courtrai in case of attack from the direction of Oudenarde.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Its left was in front of the fortress of Courtrai.

From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire