trave

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[ treyv ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. a crossbeam.

  2. a section or bay formed by crossbeams.

Origin of trave

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

Words Nearby trave

Other definitions for trave (2 of 2)

trave2
[ treyv ]

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

Origin of trave

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

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How to use trave in a sentence

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

    As Seen By Me | Lilian Bell
  • They put the town of Southampton at our disposal, and the trave's steady and spinster-like behavior did the rest.

    As Seen By Me | Lilian Bell
  • 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.

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

British Dictionary definitions for trave

trave

/ (treɪv) /


noun
  1. a stout wooden cage in which difficult horses are shod

  2. another name for crossbeam

  1. a bay formed by crossbeams

Origin of trave

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C15: from Old French trave beam, from Latin trabs

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