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traversain (s.xiii1)
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traversain (s.xiii1)

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traversaine,  traversayn,  traversein,  traverseyn  
  FEW:  transversus 13/ii,222a Gdf:  traversain 2 8,28b / traversaine 8,28b GdfC: ∅ TL: traversain 10,549 DEAF:  travers (traversain)  DMF:  traversain  / traversaine  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  traversein n.  DMLBS:  transversanus 3488c / traversina 3491a

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cross-beam, horizontal beam: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) Esgardez [...] cument en la cruiz avale des la traversaine une hanste e estent une branche amunt la traversaine e une branche en cruiz de une part e autre de altre part  Joshua Sermons ii 30
( MS: c.1335 ) (of the cross:) le fuist qu’estoit dressié countremount fu de cedre, le traversein fu de palmer  A-N Piety 258
♦ship.transverse deck-beam: 
( 1294-95 ) In .iiij. traverseyns et .iiij. lystes .ix. s. .viij. d. In scitacione predictarum lystarum et traverseyns .ij.s.  Sandahl Sea i 109
( 1294-95 ) In traversayns et in hurdyz emptis .viij. s.  Sandahl Sea i 109

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See also:

travers  traversable  traversel  traverser  traversere  traversin 
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