Courtrai

American  

[koor-tre] / kurˈtrɛ /

noun

1. a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city.

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Courtrai British  

/ kurtrɛ /

noun

1. Flemish name: Kortrijk.  a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)

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Example Sentences

Before long, the young artist Dirk Renswoude is entertaining two guests: the self-satisfied aristocrat Balthasar of Courtrai and the angelically good-looking Theirry of Dendermonde.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019

And Gates, forced down near Courtrai, burned his bullet-riddled plane under his captors' noses; later escaped by jumping from a prison-train window in a German tunnel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seven hundred golden spurs, from slain French knights, were carried from the battlefield to Courtrai Cathedral as a thank offering.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first Victoria Cross ever conferred on an airman was won by Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse, for extraordinary daring and endurance during the raid on Courtrai, which I mentioned on page 381.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward

And what is the value, think you, of a fine cart of ash-wood, finely painted in crimson, and furnished with a hood of Courtrai cloth for protection from sun and rain?

From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de