trave

[ treyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Architecture.

trave

[ treyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

trave

/ treɪv /

Origin of trave¹

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

Origin of trave²

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

Origin of trave¹

C15: from Old French trave beam, from Latin trabs

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

They put the town of Southampton at our disposal, and the Trave's steady and spinster-like behavior did the rest.

Here he found a trave which had been broken; he took a saw and plane, and mended it.

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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