TRAVE

trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece

(noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

trave (plural traves)

(architecture) A crossbeam.

(architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.

A wooden frame to confine unruly horses while they are shod.

Anagrams

• avert, tarve

Proper noun

Trave

A river in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.

Anagrams

• avert, tarve

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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