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Architectural crossbeam
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trave
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] (Arch.) A crossbeam; a lay of joists. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture English) A crossbeam. 2 (context architecture English) A section formed by crossbeams.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French traf "crossbeam," from Latin trabem (nominative trabs ) "beam," from PIE *treb- "dwelling" (see tavern ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Trave is a river in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . It is approximately long, running from its source near the village of Gießelrade in Ostholstein to Travemünde , where it flows into the Baltic Sea . It passes through Bad Segeberg , Bad Oldesloe , and ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a horizontal beam that extends across something [syn: traverse , crossbeam , crosspiece ]
Usage examples of trave.
Teuffelsorth Bastion and gazed down the Trave River toward the Baltic, but the King of Sweden had surprisingly acute hearing.
Elizabeth Buchholz, A Company, Thuringian Rifles, leaned on her elbows and peered at the estuary of the Trave River through the night-vision glasses.
In addition to their training, research, and consultation functions specifi cally designed to help law enforcement officers deal more effectively with violent crime, members of the Behavioral Science Unit trave ing throughout the country had occasion to observe a variety of state and local programs designed to deal with violent crime problems and to identify the best.
It was, however, certain that a landing of the Russians was expected at Stralsund, or at Travemtinde, the port of Lubeck, at the mouth of the little river Trave.