Definition of Trompes

1. trompe [n] - See also: trompe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trompes

trominoes
trominos
trommel
trommels
tromp
tromp-l'oeil
trompe
trompe-d'œil
trompe-l'oeil
trompe-l'oeil(a)
trompe d'œil
trompe l'oeil
tromped
trompement
trompements
trompes (current term)
trompil
trompillo
tromping
tromps
tron
trona
tronage
tronages
tronas
tronator
tronators
tronc
troncmaster
troncs

Literary usage of Trompes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Disorders of Digestion, Their Consequences and Treatment by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1886)
"Quelquefois, plus rarement, on constate aussi l'absence des ovaires et des ligaments utérins; mais, dans tous les cas, si les trompes manquent des deux ..."

2. The History of Reynard the Fox by William Caxton, Edmund Goldsmid (1884)
"... vnto the kynge/And Reynard the foxe wente to fore them alle / wyth trompes and pypes and moche other ..."

3. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"Of suspended Arches, called by the French trompes dans I'Angle. One of the boldest works in masonry, is that kind of arch called, by the French, ..."

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