treen

American  

[treen] / trin /

adjective

1. made entirely of wood.

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noun

1. treenware.

treen British  

/ ˈtriːən /

adjective

1. made of wood; wooden

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noun

1. another name for treenware

2. the art of making treenware

Etymology

Origin of treen

First recorded before 1000; Middle English adjective trene, trein, Old English trēowen, triwen. see origin at tree, -en ²

Example Sentences

Much skill had they in runes, and were exceeding deft in scoring them on treen bowls, and on staves, and door-posts and roof-beams and standing-beds and such like things. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

"They cannot change the Frost's decree, They cannot keep the skies serene; How happy days are made to be "Eludes great Man's sagacity No less than ours, O tribes in treen!

From Poems of the Past and the Present by Hardy, Thomas

Here is a "falding" doublet of "treen color"--and what is treen but wooden and wood color is brown again.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

Let my surplice-shroud be spun Of sparkling summer clover; While the great and stately treen Their rich rood-screen hang over!

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

J. Ward, writing in 1828 of the "Potter's Art," spoke thus of the humble boards of his youth: "And there the trencher commonly was seen With its attendant ample platter treen."

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse