Where does “trave” come from?

trave (Middle English) comes from Middle French trave, from Old French tref, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

trave (Middle English): a wooden cage used to contain horses being shod

Definitions

  1. a wooden cage used to contain horses being shod

Ancestry of “trave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtravecrossbeam
2Old Frenchtrefbeam; mast; tent, temporary hut or other similar...
3Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
4Indo-European*treb-—

Words derived from “trave”

Every word from Indo-European *treb- →Every word from Latin trabs →Every word from Old French tref →