Obs. Also 7 trempe. [ad. Fr. trempe temper of steel (15th c.), f. tremper to TEMPER.] Temper of iron or steel. Also fig.
1566. Painter, Pal. Pleas., I. 98 b. If you doe euer make any proofe of trial to know of what trampe the arrowes of Loue be. Ibid., 166 b. The King of England … sent him an excellent harness with a sword of the self same tramp.
1581. Rich, Farew. (Shaks. Soc.), 40. With what trampe bee wee tempered withall.
1581. A. Hall, Iliad, X. 179. His sword … with point of perfect trampe.
1684. T. Goddard, Plato’s Demon, 40. Both Respect and Obedience too, will break, when bent with too much Rigor and beyond their Trempe.
