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travoises

travoises is the plural of travois.

travoises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of travois.

Meaning of travois

Noun

travois (plural travoises or travois)

  1. (US, historical) A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.
    • On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta, […]1892, Julian Ralph, “‘Talking Musquash’: Concluding the Sketch of the History and Work of the Hudson Bay Company”, in On Canada’s Frontier […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages...
  2. (broadly) A similar piece of equipment used to transport something by dragging; especially a stretcher dragged by a horse, mule, etc., used to transport an ill or injured person.
  3. (Canada, US, broadly, dated) A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground.

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Questions about travoises

What is travoises the plural of?
Travoises is the plural of travois.

Words near travoises in the dictionary

  1. Travis picking
  2. travises
  3. travois
  4. travoise
  5. travoised
  6. travoises
  7. travoising
  8. travolator
  9. travolators
  10. Travolt
  11. Travolta

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