Associations to the word «Trave»

Wiktionary

TRAVE, noun. (architecture) A crossbeam.
TRAVE, noun. (architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.
TRAVE, proper noun. A river in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.

Dictionary definition

TRAVE, noun. A horizontal beam that extends across something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats