trone

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/tɹəʊn/

noun

A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

OriginMiddle English trone ← Anglo-Norman trone ← Old Norse trönur →
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Meanings

trone1

nountrone (plural trones)

plural trones · alternative tron

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalhistoricalobsoleteA type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

Trone2

proper nounTrone (plural Trones)

plural Trones

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Old Norsetrönur“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”
  2. Anglo-Normantrone
  3. Middle Englishtrone“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”
  4. Englishtrone

From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trone

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Anagrams

tonertenorNortenotertorneEntroTreon
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APA

trone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trone

MLA

“trone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trone.

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