n. [ Through French, fr. L. trabs, trabis, a beam; cf. OF. tref a beam, also F. travail a frame to confine a horse, OE. trave, trevys, travise, It. travaglio, F. travée the space between two beams. ] 1. (Arch.) A crossbeam; a lay of joists. Maundrell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

She sprung as a colt doth in the trave. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent. “I travel this profound.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To force to journey. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Traveled r Travelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling. ] [ Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail. ] 1. To labor; to travail. [ Obsoles. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pass; to go; to move. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey. [ 1913 Webster ]

With long travel I am stiff and weary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His travels ended at his country seat. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Labor; parturition; travail. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [ Written also travelled. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also traveler. ] 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Traveler's joy (Bot.), the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers. --
Traveler's tree. (Bot.) See Ravenala. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Harassed; fatigued with travel. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ F. travers, breadth, extent from side, à travers, en travers, de travers, across, athwart. See Traverse, a. ] Across; athwart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. travers, L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn or direct across. See Transverse, and cf. Travers. ] Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ridges of the fallow field traverse. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally. [ 1913 Webster ]