trave

¹ American  

[treyv] / treɪv /

noun

Architecture.

1. a crossbeam.

2. a section or bay formed by crossbeams.

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trave ² American  

[treyv] / treɪv /

noun

1. a device to inhibit a wild or untrained horse or one being shod.

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trave British  

/ treɪv /

noun

1. a stout wooden cage in which difficult horses are shod

2. another name for crossbeam

3. a bay formed by crossbeams

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Etymology

Origin of trave¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French trave < Latin trabem, accusative of trabs beam, timber

Origin of trave²

1350–1400; Middle English; origin uncertain; compare later travail in same sense < Middle French; travois

Example Sentences

Clearly, my attempt at political satire didn't trave well Down Under, or to Michigan.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014

O. N. þrefi, a number of sheaves, Dan. trave, Sw. trafwe, twenty sheaves of grain, M. E. þrāve, a bundle, a number, Cu. threve, threeav.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

Here he found a trave which had been broken; he took a saw and plane, and mended it.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August