estrave
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1573. Old French *estrave, a borrowing from Old Norse stafn. The technical nature of the word may explain why it is not attested earlier[1], as Old Norse had split into its daughter languages by 1573.
Noun
estrave f (plural estraves)
- (nautical) stem
Descendants
- French: étrave
References
- Etymology and history of “étrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.