travois
1
9.9
- noun
- /trəˈvɔɪ/
- Archaic
- The children laughed as they hopped on top of the three travois, and the women lifted the long poles and dragged them toward the village.
- travois poles
- travois dragged
- dog-drawn travois
Examples
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The man and woman both strained to get the aurochs on the travois.
Fiction book (1990) -
Too sick to walk or ride, I ended up flat on my back, being dragged along on a travois, seeing where we had been instead of where we were headed.
Fiction book (1995) -
Build a travois and let her uncle take her back to town.
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I was wondering if you think that you might be able to ride or... um... I can get a travois ready for you.
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Tired as I was, I nearly sprang off the travois.
Fiction book (1995) -
I lay alone on my travois, exhausted by the day's heat and the night's ride, slipping in and out of sleep.
Fiction book (1995) -
The travois poles dragged hollowly on the ground.
Fiction book (1992) -
When Michael Horse reached the place where he'd left his things, he put his belongings on a makeshift travois behind the horse.
Fiction book (1990) -
Ipa saw the long poles of the travois laden with hides and other wonderful goods.
Fiction book (1995) -
The yurts are transported by camel or on a travois pulled by horses.
Synonyms
2
6.8
A horse that carries goods on its back along rough mountain paths
1
9.9
A two-wheeled cart used on farms to carry manure or to take prisoners to execution
Surface Forms
Etymology
Travois comes from French and originally meant a simple 'frame' for carrying things. Picture two long poles joined at one end and pulled by a horse or dog, and that is why a travois means a low frame dragged behind an animal to move loads.