trecento (casch)

[Ital.=three hundred, but used for thirteen hundred.] Art : A term applied to the style of art which prevailed in Italy in the fourteenth century. Also called sometimes the Early Style of Italian art. trě-chom-ě-tër, subst . [Gr. trecho =to run, and metron a measure.] A kind of odometer or contrivance for ascertaining the distance run by vehicles. *trech-our, s . [TREACHER.] trěck-schuyt (uy as 61), s. [Dut., from trecken , trekken to draw, and schuit =a boat.] A covered boat, drawn by horses or cattle, and formerly much used for conveying goods and pa engers on the Dutch and Flemish canals.