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Definition of Threave
1. n. Same as Thrave.
Definition of Threave
1. Noun. (obsolete form of thrave) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Threave
1. two dozen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threave
Literary usage of Threave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"... sons at Castle Douglas, in order to enable King James IV. to reduce threave
Castle, one of the strongholds of the Earl of Douglas, then in rebellion. ..."
2. The Geology and Palaeontology of the Clyde Drainage Area: Being the by James Barclay Murdoch, Geological Society of Glasgow (1904)
"threave. Trochus Moorei, M'Coy. ... Ardmillan ; threave. Ardmillan; threave. ...
threave. C1-C5. Ardwell. 02. ..."
3. Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of by Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1797)
"6d. per acre, 3 o ' 4 7i Amountof Corn and Straw, per acre, £.20 ii| EXPERIMENT
III. Drills at nine inches, fown hy the hand. Produce fifteen threave to the ..."
4. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1890)
"For the support of threave castle the keepers thereof had, by the established
usage, the lands of threave-Grange, with the fishings on the Dee ; and they ..."
5. A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages by Ronald Edward Zupko (1985)
"In Yorks., twelve loggins or bundles of straw is a threave . In West Lothian,
fourteen sheaves of wheat is a threave . ..."
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