travated

travated
\\ˈtrāˌvād.ə̇d\ adjective
Etymology: Italian travato (from trave beam — from Latin trabs, trabes — + -ato -ate) + English -ed
of a ceiling : divided into traves

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ˈtravated, a.
[Formed after It. travata, F. travée (Cotgr.), ‘a bay of joists, the space between two beams’ (Phillips 1706), f. L. type *trabāt-us: cf. trabeated.]
‘Noting a ceiling divided into a series of traves, or transverse bays’ (Webster 1911).

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