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travelled, traveled, ppl. a.|ˈtrævəld|
[f. travel v. + -ed1.]
1. That has travelled, esp. to distant countries; experienced in travel. Also with adv. as far-travelled. Also transf.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxxiii. 81 Auncyen trauayled men that ben experte in dedes of armes. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxviii. 469 A well trauelled knight and well knowen. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. iii. 19 The reformation of our trauel'd Gallants. 1711Addison Spect. No. 45 ⁋3 One of these Travelled Ladies. 1780Mirror No. 97 ⁋18 Nothing can be more grotesque than her travelled language. 1821Byron Juan iv. lxxxviii, You Have got a travell'd air. 1966Listener 11 Aug. 210/1 Synge, already a travelled man when Yeats suggested to him that he'd find the Aran Islands more to his liking than Paris was a foreigner in his own country. 1978G. Greene Human Factor ii. i. 51 We need travelled gentlemen like you to deal with foreign affairs.
2. a. Geol. Of blocks, boulders, etc.: Transported to a distance from their original site, as by glacial action; erratic.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 175 That the position..of a great portion of these travelled materials should now appear most irregular [etc.]. 1833― Elem. Geol. xi. (1874) 146 The multitude of ‘travelled’ blocks and striated rocks. 1842Sedgwick in Hudson's Guide Lakes (1843) 196 The travelled bowlders of Shap granite. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life vii. 106 The phenomenon of travelled or perched blocks is also a common one in all glacier countries.
b. Of earth or soil: That is not in situ; that has been brought to, or deposited in, the place where it is; made up, artificial. Sc.
1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. Th. 197, I am not sure whether this earth is travelled or not. 1805Forsyth Beauties Scotl. I. 16 The whole ground..is formed, not of natural, but of what builders term travelled earth. 1816Scott Antiq. xxiii, It's travell'd earth that,..it howks sae eithly. 1839D. D. Black Hist. Brechin xi. (1867) 253 Travelled or artifical earth has repeatedly been found.
3. Of a road, etc.: Frequented by travellers.
1845J. C. Frémont Rep. Exploring Expedition 163 [To Fort Hall] along the travelled road from the town of Westport..is 1,323 miles. 1869Bradshaw's Railway Man. XXI. 433 The travelled route through this country crosses formidable ranges of mountains. 1882B. Harte Flip ii, It came..with voices in the travelled roads and trails.
4. travelled blood (see quots.).
1962‘J. le Carré’ Murder of Quality iii. 41 There's a lot of what we call travelled blood..that's to say, blood spurted from an open artery. 1981Event 9–15 Oct. 29/4 Travelled blood... A pathologist's description of blood that has spurted from a severed artery. |