travois

noun pl. -·vois′-vo̵iz′ or -·vois′es-vo̵i′ziz

a crude sledge of the North American Plains Indians, consisting of a net or platform dragged along the ground on the two poles that support it and which serve as shafts for the horse or, orig., the dog pulling it

Etymology: CdnFr < travail, a brake, load < Fr: see travail