nave

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see also: Nave

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Pronunciation

• enPR: nāv, IPA: /neɪv/

Noun

nave (plural naves)

1. (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

Translations

• French: nef
• German: Schiff
• Italian: navata
• Portuguese: nave
• Russian: неф
• Spanish: nave

Noun

nave (plural naves)

1. 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...

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

Related terms

• navel

Translations

• French: moyeu
• German: Nabe
• Italian: mozzo
• Russian: ступи́ца

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Nave

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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