TRAVES

Noun

traves

plural of trave

(obsolete) plural of travis

Anagrams

• averts, ravest, starve, tarves, vaster, versta

Source: Wiktionary


TRAVE

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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