TRAVOIS


Meaning of TRAVOIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trə-ˈvȯi, ˈtra-ˌvȯi ]

noun

( plural tra·vois also tra·voises -ˈvȯiz, -ˌvȯiz)

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.