tret
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tret
1490–1500; < Anglo-French, variant of trait act of drawing; see trait
Example Sentences
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After that, Bach was the appropriate encore, and the group played his gorgeous final chorale, “Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit,” with Ms. Figueroa soaring in the theme and the others offering sensitive, moving support.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2013
I'll warrant, Mr. Johnston, that not even you can catch him napping with a problem in tare and tret.
From The Mutineers by Hawes, Charles Boardman
Cloff, klof, n. an allowance, on buying goods wholesale, of 2 lb. in every 3 cwt., after tare and tret have been deducted.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
It is a labor to task the faculties of a man—such problems of profit and loss, of interest, of tare and tret, and gauging of all kinds in it, as demand a universal knowledge.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
Instead of the white-kidded, be-ruffled gallants of Eld, you meet a hurrying throng of pale, anxious faces, with tare, tret and speculation in their eyes.
From Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
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