I. ˈtrāv noun
( plural tre·fi -vē)
Etymology: Welsh, town, home, dwelling place, tref; akin to Cornish tref, tre dwelling place, town, Breton trev division of a parish, Old English thorp village — more at thorp
: a homestead or hamlet under old Cymric law ; usually : a group or area acting as a single community as regards cattle and plowing, constituting a taxable unit, and consisting typically of nine houses, one plow, one oven, one churn, one cat, one cock, and one herdsman
II. ˈtrāf adjective
or te·re·fah or te·re·fa təˈrāfə ; or tre·fah or tre·fa ˈtrāfə
Etymology: Yiddish & Hebrew; Yiddish treyf, treyfe, from Hebrew ṭĕrēphāh animal torn by wild beasts, torn flesh — more at terefah
: ritually unclean or unfit according to Jewish law — opposed to kosher