Antre
/ˈæn.tə(ɹ)/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cavern; cave. archaic
"Aye, millions sparkled on a vein of gold, / Along whose track the prince quick footsteps told, / With all its lines abrupt and angular: / Out-shooting sometimes, like a meteor-star, / Through a vast antre;"
Example
More examples"Aye, millions sparkled on a vein of gold, / Along whose track the prince quick footsteps told, / With all its lines abrupt and angular: / Out-shooting sometimes, like a meteor-star, / Through a vast antre;"
Etymology
From Middle French antre, from Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron). Doublet of antrum.