DCHP-3

traverse ((3)) ((n.))

[< Cdn F]
Hist. or Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

See: travois

Quotations

1921
The Plains Indians . . . evolved a rude sort of conveyance known by the French as a travois, but variously called travail, travaille, traverse, and travee.