travers

See also Travers

English

Etymology

French travers, breadth, extent from side. See traverse.

Adverb

travers (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) across; athwart
   • Lord Berners

     The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

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Noun

travers m (plural travers)

1. outside (the external part of)
2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
3. (historical) border toll

Derived terms

• à travers
• au travers
• de travers
• en travers
• par le travers

Related terms

• traverser

Anagrams

• verrats