Trave Definition

trāv
noun
A crossbeam.
Webster's New World
A section between crossbeams, as in a ceiling.
Webster's New World
A wooden frame for enclosing a restive horse while it is being shod.
Webster's New World

(architecture) A crossbeam.

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pronoun

A river in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.

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Other Word Forms of Trave

Noun

Singular:
trave
Plural:
traves

Origin of Trave

  • From Middle English, from Middle French trave, from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam, thing made using beams")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin trabs trab- treb- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trave Sentence Examples

  • By means of the Stecknitz canal, the Elbe, the principal river, is connected with the Trave.

  • The former ramparts between the Trave and the old town ditch have been converted into promenades.

  • In order to counterbalance their rivalry, the quays have been extended, a canal was opened in 1900 between the Trave and the Elbe, the river up to the wharves has been deepened to 25 ft.

  • Old Lubeck stood on the left bank of the Trave, where it is joined by the river Schwartau, and was destroyed in 1138.

  • In connexion with the Germans at Visby, the capital of Gotland, and at Riga, where they had a house from 1231, the people of Lubeck with their armed vessels scoured the sea between the Trave and the Neva.

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