Compare thrave.
In Yorkshire, England, 18th century, 12 trusses of straw.
1
Threave, sb. twelve “loggins” of straw.
Loggin, sb. a truss of long straw.
William Humphrey Marshall.
The Rural Economy of Yorkshire, comprizing the
Management of Landed Estates, and the present practice of husbandry
in the Agricultural Districts of that County. Vol. 2.
London: 1788.
2
Threave, sb. 24 sheaves.
John Hutton.
A Tour to the Caves, in the environs of Ingleborough
and Settle, in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, &c. in a letter
to a friend. Second edition.
London: printed for Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange;
J. Robson, New Bond Street; and W. Pennington, Kendal, 1781.
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