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

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

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

I glean,    Beneath a Scottish sky, And "pehty de-aw!" amid the treen    Of Middlesex or nigh.

From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

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

Sulphur parrots, and parrots red, Scarlet, and flame, and green; And five-foot apes that jargonèd In feathery-tufted treen.

From Songs of Childhood by Hecht, Anthony