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Trape vs Trave - What's the difference?

trape | trave |

As a noun trape

is (obsolete) a messy or untidy woman.

As a verb trape

is to drag.

As a proper noun trave is

a river in in northern germany.

trape

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A messy or untidy woman.
  • * 1678 , Samuel Butler, Hudibras :
    • Hard was his fate in this I own, / Nor will I for the trapes atone; / Indeed to guess I am not able, / What made her thus inexorable [...].

    Verb

  • To drag.
    • No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it.

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    trave

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A crossbeam.
  • (architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.

    • Related terms

    * architrave

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