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Definition of Trave
1. Noun. A horizontal beam that extends across something.
Definition of Trave
1. n. A crossbeam; a lay of joists.
Definition of Trave
1. Proper noun. A river in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A crossbeam ¹
3. Noun. (architecture) A section formed by crossbeams ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trave
1. a frame for confining a horse [n -S]
Medical Definition of Trave
1. 1. A crossbeam; a lay of joists. 2. A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing. "She sprung as a colt doth in the trave." (Chaucer) Origin: Through French, fr. L. Trabs, trabis, a beam; cf. OF. Tref a beam, also F. Travail a frame to confine a horse, OE. Trave, trevys, travise, It. Travaglio, F. Travee the space between two beams. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trave
Literary usage of Trave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in by William James, Frederick Chamier (1837)
"... Captain Isaac Hawkins Morrison, standing to the south-south-east with the wind
at south-west, fell in with the trave, upon her weather beam. ..."
2. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (London) (1901)
"The Elbe-trave Canal (Zeitschrift Jes Vereines deutscher Ingenieure, 1900, p.
753.) AB The original Stecknitz Canal, connecting the Elbe at Lauenburg •with ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Our deceased grother was born at Watertown, Mass., in the year 1809, and came
down to his trave with all ..."
4. Report of Proceedings (1908)
"Elbe-trave canal. Each lock chamber has four of these syphons two at the upper
end and two at the lower end. The two lock chambers are connected and ..."
5. Protestantism in Michigan: Being a Special History of the Methodist by Elijah Holmes Pilcher (1878)
"... trave^ d that the s or Buffalo was ^ a ,uh almost incred^e Jabor . itc^ ^
braved die mM<ossible to reach it ..."
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