Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trave \Trave\, n. [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.
trav['e]e the space between two beams.]
1. (Arch.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trave
n : a horizontal beam that extends across something [syn: {traverse},
{crossbeam}, {crosspiece}]
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