Pronunciation Noun
nave (plural naves)
- (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
nave (plural naves)
- A hub of a wheel.
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2
- '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...
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2
- (obsolete) The navel.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene 1:
- 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
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene 1:
Nave
Proper noun
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