trave1
[treyv]
- a crossbeam.
- a section or bay formed by crossbeams.
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Origin of trave1
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French trave < Latin trabem, accusative of trabs beam, timber
trave2
[treyv]
- a device to inhibit a wild or untrained horse or one being shod.
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Origin of trave2
1350–1400; Middle English; origin uncertain; compare later travail in same sense < Middle French; see travois
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Historical Examples
Here he found a trave which had been broken; he took a saw and plane, and mended it.
Historical MiniaturesAugust Strindberg
The River Chalusus is reasonably considered to be the Trave.
The Ethnology of the British IslandsRobert Gordon Latham
On the other side of the Trave were to be seen, amid houses and clumps of trees, vessels in various stages of building.
The former ramparts between the Trave and the old town ditch have been converted into promenades.
It means, however, the tribes between the Trave and the Warnow; chiefly along the coast.
The Natural History of the Varieties of ManRobert Gordon Latham
trave
- a stout wooden cage in which difficult horses are shod
- another name for crossbeam
- a bay formed by crossbeams
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Word Origin
C15: from Old French trave beam, from Latin trabs
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Word Origin and History for trave
n.
late 14c., from Old French trave "beam," from Latin trabem (nominative trabs) "beam."
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