Middle English Dictionary Entry
trā̆ve n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trā̆ve n. Also traf, trawe, thrave, (error) trame. |
| Etymology | ML traves, AL trava, travum, travis, vars. of L trabs, trabes, trabis; cp. AF trave trave & OF entrave shackle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A beam; ~ nail; ~ tre; (b) an enclosure or a frame for restraining horses while they are being shod; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1395) Acc.Savoy in Archaeol.24313 : Pro cariagio de ij traves pro justes de hospicio Domini de Holborne usque Manerium Domini de Savoye xij d.
- (1432) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)211 : Item, paie pur New traff-tres..vj s. viij d.
- (1432) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)215 : Item, paie a Aldysslay pur henges crokys traffnaylisz..vj s. v d.
- (1445) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.80 : [One] trave, [2 d.].
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3282 : She sprong as a colt doth in the traue [vrr. thrave, trame].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)500 : Trawe, of a smythe: ypodromus, ergasterium, trave.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)129b : A trave to sho horse in: hoc ferratorium, hoc ergasterium, hec traue.
c
- c1350(1244) Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.1449 : Robertus Turnetrave.