trave

[treyv]

noun Architecture.

a crossbeam.
a section or bay formed by crossbeams.

Origin of trave

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French trave < Latin trabem, accusative of trabs beam, timber

trave

[treyv]

noun

a device to inhibit a wild or untrained horse or one being shod.

Origin of trave

1350–1400; Middle English; origin uncertain; compare later travail in same sense < Middle French; see travois

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Historical Examples of trave

Here he found a trave which had been broken; he took a saw and plane, and mended it.
Historical Miniatures
August Strindberg
The River Chalusus is reasonably considered to be the Trave.
The Ethnology of the British Islands
Robert 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.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X)
Various
The former ramparts between the Trave and the old town ditch have been converted into promenades.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1
Various
It means, however, the tribes between the Trave and the Warnow; chiefly along the coast.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man
Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for trave

trave

noun

a stout wooden cage in which difficult horses are shod
another name for crossbeam
a bay formed by crossbeams

Word Origin for trave

C15: from Old French trave beam, from Latin trabs

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Word Origin and History for trave

late 14c., from Old French trave "beam," from Latin trabem (nominative trabs) "beam."