Nave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /neɪv/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nave is a noun meaning (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
Meaning
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
More Meanings
- (architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
- A hub of a wheel.
- (obsolete) The navel.
Example Sentences
Till he faced the slave; / Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix'd his head upon our battlements
'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods, In general synod take away her power; Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven[…]
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
Word Forms
- naves
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hub, ship, vessel, nef, march, spaceship.
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