thrave
- Scot and Northern English dialect twenty-four sheaves of corn
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Word Origin
Old English threfe, of Scandinavian origin
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Historical Examples
An occasional ear of corn in a thrave,—that is, twenty-four sheaves.
Heads and TalesVarious
The hospital of St. Leonard's has compelled us unjustly to render them a thrave of corn.
The Last Of The Barons, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton