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travois (plural travoises or travois)

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.

a traditional North American Indian sled