Trave : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Trave	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Trave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trave n a horizontal beam that extends across something [syn: trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece]
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[82]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.