keeve

Meaning

Noun

1. A bleaching vat; a kier.
2. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
3. A large vat used in dressing ores.

Verb

1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
2. (UK, dialectal) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.

Translations

kuip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kive

Inherited from Old English: cȳf

Cognate with French: cuve

In summary

From Middle English kive, from Old English cȳf (“vat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūbiju, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kūbaz, perhaps from Latin cūpa. Related to French cuve. Doublet of coupe, cup, and hive.