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

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treen

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

"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

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

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

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