trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece
(noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trave (plural traves)
(architecture) A crossbeam.
(architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.
A wooden frame to confine unruly horses while they are shod.
• avert, tarve
Trave
A river in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.
• avert, tarve
Source: Wiktionary
Trave, n. Etym: [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. travée the space between two beams.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A crossbeam; a lay of joists. Maundrell.
2. A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing. She sprung as a colt doth in the trave. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
