Travois Definition
trə-voi, trăvoi
travoises
noun
A 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.
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Noun
Singular:
travois
Plural:
travoisesOrigin of Travois
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Canadian French alteration of obsolete travoy from travail cart-shaft from French frame for restraining horses alteration of Late Latin tripālium device with three stakes probably from Latin tripālis having three stakes travail
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Canadian French, from an alteration of travail (etymology 2), from Medieval Latin trepalium (“instrument of torture"), probably a calque from Ancient Greek. See πάσσαλος (passalos, “peg").
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