"trone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹəʊn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trone.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trones [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: Compare French trogne (“a belly”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|trogne||a belly}} French trogne (“a belly”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trone (plural trones)
  1. (UK, dialect) A small drain. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-trone-en-noun--tZqY4kE Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɹəʊn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trone.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trones [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trone|id=balance|t=a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance}} Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), {{der|en|xno|trone}} Anglo-Norman trone, {{m|fro|tron}} tron, {{m+|la|trona}} Latin trona, {{der|en|non|trönur|t=a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw}} Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), {{m|non|trana}} trana, {{m|non|trani|lit=crane|t=trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword}} trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”), {{cog|da|trane|t=crane}} Danish trane (“crane”), {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} trone (plural trones)
  1. (UK, dialect) A steelyard. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-trone-en-noun-iAmOXwmH Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete or historical) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, historical, obsolete
    Sense id: en-trone-en-noun-Jbe0mef2 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tron Derived forms: trone stone
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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