Definition of "thrave" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive, UK, dialectal) To urge; compel; importune.

noun

1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful.

2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.

3. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.

   • c. 16th century, Lansdowne manuscript The worst of a thrave.