trave

¹

[ treyv ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. a crossbeam.
2. a section or bay formed by crossbeams.

trave

²

[ treyv ]

noun

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

trave

/ treɪv /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trave¹

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

Origin of trave²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trave¹

C15: from Old French trave beam, from Latin trabs

Example Sentences

Finally the Kaiser Friedrich burst something important in her interior, and they gave her up and put on the Trave.

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They put the town of Southampton at our disposal, and the Trave's steady and spinster-like behavior did the rest.

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Here he found a trave which had been broken; he took a saw and plane, and mended it.

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The River Chalusus is reasonably considered to be the Trave.

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It means, however, the tribes between the Trave and the Warnow; chiefly along the coast.

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