˜yÐÄvlog

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trave

1

[ treyv ]

noun

Architecture.
  1. a crossbeam.
  2. a section or bay formed by crossbeams.


trave

2

[ treyv ]

noun

  1. a device to inhibit a wild or untrained horse or one being shod.

trave

/ ³Ù°ù±ðɪ±¹ /

noun

  1. a stout wooden cage in which difficult horses are shod
  2. another name for crossbeam
  3. a bay formed by crossbeams
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trave1

C15: from Old French trave beam, from Latin trabs
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It didn’t sound like much but after the war you would see colored folks trave I ing the countryside just like that.

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Clearly, my attempt at political satire didn't trave well Down Under, or to Michigan.

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The hall was ornamented with rich hangings, and there was generally a traves, which could be used as a curtain or screen to form a temporary partition.

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

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One could almost lose one's self in the labyrinths of rafters, squares, traverse beams, superposed joists, traves, architraves, girders, madriers, and tangled lines and curves.

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