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Definitions for Travois
[1] a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
[2] a sled formerly used by the Plains Indians of North America, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and dragged by an animal
[3] Canadian a similar sled used for dragging logs
Words nearby Travois
traverse jury, traverse rod, travertine, travesty, travis, travois, travolator, trawl, trawler, tray, tray agriculture
Origin of Travois
1840–50; Americanism ; pseudo-French spelling of earlier travoy < North American French; compare Canadian French travail shaft of a cart to which the horse is hitched, French: frame in which unruly horses are held while they are shod (probably < Late Latin trepālium; see travail)
Word origin for Travois
from Canadian French, from French travail trave