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naven.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch nave , naef , naf (Dutch naaf ), Old Saxon naba , nava (Middle Low German nāve ), Old High German naba (Middle High German naba , German Nabe ), Old Icelandic nǫf (Icelandic nöf ), Swedish nav , Danish nav , and further with Sanskrit nābhi , nābha nave, navel, classical Latin umbō boss of a shield (see umbo n.), Old Prussian nabis nave, navel, Latvian naba navel; see also navel n. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > hub or nave society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > hub α. eOE (1974) 33 Modioli, nabae [eOE Erfurt Gloss. nebæ]. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Otho) xxxix. 129 Þæt hw[eo]l hwerfð ymbutan & sio nafu nex[t þæ]re eaxe. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Otho) xxxix. 130 Þa spacan..bioð þeah fæste on ðære n[afe], & se nafa on ðære eaxe. a1325 (Arun.) (1857) 167 (MED) Les rays de la charette En les moyaus [glossed] in the nawes [v.rr. naves, navestok, nathes, nase] untreceyte. a1382 (Bodl. 959) 3 Kings vii. 33 Suche forsoþe weren þe whelis as ben wont to ben maad in a char, & þe axtrees..& þe naue alle ȝoten. c1395 G. Chaucer 2270 Thanne shal this cherl..sette hym on the wheel right of this cart Vpon the naue. 1417 in (1904) 15 126 (MED) Item, for bryssyng of a payre carte Nawys, vj d. (Harl. 221) 351 Nave of a qwele, modius et modiolus. 1516 in R. K. Hannay (1915) 301 [1 pair] lie navis. 1548 f. xxvv Blew veluet embroudered with the naues of Cartes burnyng of gold. ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer v. 87 The Naues in which the spokes were driuen, were all with siluer bound. 1618 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar (1982) II. 110 For helping the quheillwrycht to turne the naives of the quheillis. 1678–9 in F. W. Speer (1969) 151 Twentie paier of knaves, 3li. 5s. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer VI. xxiii. 412 The Wheel's round Naves appear to brush the Goal. a1774 O. Goldsmith (1776) I. 282 Such as in the nave of a wheel, in the axle of a pulley, and such like. 1803 Duke of Wellington (1837) I. 434 Four carriages, for 6 pounders, with brass naves, are preparing. 1838 1 384/2 The naves of the paddles are of wrought iron. 1877 W. Jones 22 The cart-wheels sank up to their naves. 1968 J. Arnold 155 Elm..was used for the naves of wheels and for the axle-beds. 1983 21 May 11/2 The hub or nave was of elm because the axle-hole needed to be very deep. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [noun] > navel a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 22 Braue Macbeth..neu'r shooke hands, nor bad farwell to him, Till he vnseam'd him from the Naue toth' Chops. View more context for this quotation 1866 13 Fowks talks abate feightin i blooid up tut naff. 1938 T. H. White xvi. 230 An adversary [sc. a boar] who weighed a good deal more than you did and who could unseam you from the nave to the chaps. 1990 5 Oct. 16/1 An assistant called Velma whose jutting balcon threatened constantly to unseam her diaphanous lab-coat from nave to chaps. 1995 16 July (Review Suppl.) 21/2 Rob finally cleaves the villain with his claymore from the nave to the chaps. Compounds the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adverb] > up to specific depth 1882 E. Arnold (1883) xxiii. 84 Through foeman's blood nave-deep he drave his wheel. 1839 J. Lindley (ed. 3) 454 Nave-shaped. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > hub or nave > ring around 1618 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar (1982) II. 110 To Thomas Greve quheillwrycht for tua pair of cart quheillis... Mair to him for doullband and naifband of the said tua pair. 1753 Suppl. (at cited word) It is bound at each end with hoops of iron, called the nave-bands. 1855 G. Emerson (new ed.) 839/1 It is bound with hoops, called nave-bands, to strengthen it. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > hub or nave > other parts 1802 C. James Nave-boxes were formerly made of brass. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson (ed. 3) 269/1 The nave-box is made of gun~metal. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > other parts of carriage 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 493 Nave-hole, the hole in the centre of a gun~truck for receiving the end of the axle-tree. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > hub or nave > ring around 1802 C. James Nave-hoops are flat iron rings to bind the nave. 1944 18 96 The series of moulded 5-inch rings of bronze, identified as nave-hoops. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > hub > hub-cap 1962 Apr. 67/1 The Austin A60 had a grease gun, nave plate remover and box spanner. 1998 B. Piggott 102 (caption) The traditional Triumph ‘Globe’ motif..featured on the nave plates of tr4/4 a disc wheels. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > hub or nave a1333 (BL Add.) (1929) 838 In the navestok [glossing Fr. en les moyeaus]. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) 3 Kings vii. 33 The extrees, and the naue stockis [L. modioli; v.r. nauelstockis]..weren ȝotun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). naven.2Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Italian. Or (ii) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (iii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Italian nave; Spanish nave; Latin nāvis. Etymology: < Italian nave ship, body of a church (c1250), or Spanish nave ship, body of a church (10th cent.; 1575 in specific sense ‘body of a church’), or their etymon classical Latin nāvis (accusative nāvem) ship, in post-classical Latin also body of a church (from early 12th cent. in British and continental sources), cognate with Sanskrit nau (accusative nāvam ), ancient Greek ναῦς , Early Irish nau ship, vessel, Old Icelandic nór ship, and the first element of Old English nōwend shipmaster, sailor. Compare nef n.1 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > nave > [noun] 1501 in (Rolls) I. 413. App. A And as for the haulte place, it is devised to be set in the navy and body of the churche. c1660 J. Evelyn anno 1641 (1955) II. 50 In the Nave or body of the Church, hang the goodliest branches of brasse for tapers that ever I had seene. 1673 J. Ray 261 A double isle on each side the Nave. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux iii. 63 With equal pace the Temples Nave they measure! 1726 J. Ayliffe 169 It comprehends the whole Church, viz. the Nave or Body of the Church together with the Chancel. 1791 A. Radcliffe I. ii. 39 From this chapel he passed into the nave of the great church. 1823 Ld. Byron iv. vii. 66 The fretted pinnacle, the aisle, the nave, Were there. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve ii. 15 The massive pillars of the nave have a solemn and grand effect. a1878 G. G. Scott (1879) I. 52 Let us suppose it applied to the nave of a basilica in place of the timber roof. 1910 I. 11/1 The nave has only two bays and the choir is insignificant. 1950 G. Brenan viii. 178 Making our way into another church, we found the pasos, or floats holding images, pulled out into the nave in preparation for the Easter processions. 1987 C. Thubron v. 148 Down the nave the dark-wooded pews and the clouded glass spread a liturgical sombreness. 1542–3 in D. W. Crossley (1975) 52 Money by hym payde for bellowe tymber and Nave tymber. 1848 B. Webb 160 Projecting westward from the nave-arch is a stone rood-loft. 1876 Jan. 236/2 The central nave vault became thereby oblong, its length the width of the nave, its breadth the width of the aisles. 1883 F. W. Farrar in 27 Dec. 2/2 The nave services of all our great cathedrals are the results of this experiment. 1906 O. F. Adams 45 The people..looked at the fiery tempest, and a horrible cry they gave That range through the great nave arches. 1929 4 20 This pit was dug in order to obtain first-hand information on the detail of the nave piers. 1987 2 Aug. (Suppl.) 17/2 Wooden columns support the nave roof, and the interior is lit by windows with excellent stained glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † navev.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nave n.2 Obsolete. rare. the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] > like a roof, tent, penthouse, etc. 1820 P. B. Shelley in T. Medwin (1824) I. 19 Follow the graceful curve of the palaces on the Lung' Arno till the arch is naved by the massy dungeon-tower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
