travois

English

a horse-drawn travois

Alternative forms

• travoise, travoy

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] , from an alteration of travail (etymology 2), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin trepalium (“instrument of torture”), probably a calque from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek. See πάσσαλος (pássalos, “peg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈvɔɪ/

Noun

travois (plural travoises or travois)

1. A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.
   • Julian Ralph

     On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta.

   • 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing:

     Riding out for wood he watched his shadow and the shadow of the horse and travois cross those palings tree by tree.

Translations

a traditional North American Indian sled

• Bulgarian: травуа́ f (travuá)
• Crow: aláakko
• Dutch: travois n
• Finnish: purilaat pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: travois (fr) m
• German: Zuggeschir n, Stangenschleife m
• Russian: воло́ка (ru) f (volóka), волоку́ша (ru) f (volokúša), волочу́га f (voločúga), волочня́ f (voločnjá), травуа́ f (travuá)

See also

• Template:commonslite

Anagrams

• Viators, viators