traversine
Definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of TRAVERSINE adj. f.
C'est une epithete qu'on a donné à quelques ruës qui traversent, comme à Paris la ruë Traversine de la porte de Richelieu, du Quay de la Tournelle.
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