[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A quadrangular frame or enclosure of bars in which a horse is confined in order to limit its movement during shoeing, veterinary treatment, etc.; = trevis. Now rare and only in historical contexts.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From Anglo-Norman trave beam, frame used to restrain a horse while it is being shod from classical Latin trabs beam, in post-classical Latin also beam of a plough, probably from the same Italic base as Oscan trííbúm (accusative singular), tríbud (ablative singular) house, tríbarakavúm to build, tríbarakkiuf building, Umbrian trebeit (3rd person singular present) he lives, dwells from the same Indo-European base as thorp