n.
Pronunciation: tr ə - ' vo ̇ i, ' tra- ˌ vo ̇ i
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural tra · vois also tra · voises \ - ' vo ̇ iz, - ˌ vo ̇ iz \
Etymology: American French travail, from Canadian French, shaft of a cart, from Middle French traveil catafalque, prop, from Late Latin trepalium instrument of torture ― more at TRAVAIL
Date: 1847
: a simple vehicle used by Plains Indians consisting of two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for the load
travois