travois

tɹæˈvɔɪ

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#1·9h ago

(originally, and, chiefly, Canada, 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,

Origin: [[File:Untitled (Native American with horse pulling travois) (5711528644).jpg|thumb|A photograph of a Native American man with a horse-drawn travois ().]] The is derived from (), from , from , from , from , from , from (from tri- + pālus) + -ium. . The spelling travois and pronunciations , are probably influenced by. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(transitive) To transport (someone or something) by means of a travois.

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(intransitive, rare) To use a travois to transport a load.

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