traversern.

Brit.

/ˈtravəsə/,

/trəˈvəːsə/, U.S.

/trəˈvərsər/,

/ˈtrævərsər/

Forms: 1600s traueser, 1600s 1800s– traverser.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: traverse v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < traverse v. + -er suffix¹.With sense 2 compare earlier traverse n. 8.

a. A person who or thing which moves or travels through or across something.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes over or crosses

traverser1613

crosser1876

1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 1 The two trauesers about the Sunne, called Venus and Mercury.

1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 5 A dismal time for the traversers of wide and open heaths.

1975 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Mar. 12/2 ‘You can traverse a slope, can't you?’ one of them said... ‘I'm the world champion traverser.’ I replied.

2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Book Review section) 4 Hamid..is himself a traverser of borders, having grown up mostly in Lahore, Pakistan..with stints in London and the United States.

b. A device used to transfer railway locomotives, rolling stock, etc., from one set of rails to another, typically consisting of one or more short lengths of track on a movable platform which may be manoeuvred sideways on wheels or rails so as to come into line with any of several parallel sets of tracks. Later also: any of various similar machines used in engineering, manufacturing, etc., to transfer large vehicles or other heavy objects from one place to another. Cf. traverse table n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > platform for changing to parallel track

traverser1851

traverse table1851

1851 T. Dunn Let. Jan. in Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. 3 258/2 I was the first person who invented a traverser.

1913 Times 26 Mar. 23/1 The trucks will be..marshalled on the sidings below by means of an electric traverser and three small turn-tables.

2019 J. M. O'Connor Hidden Places World War II ix. 123 With the U-boat secure in a cradle set on a trolley, a sideways-moving thirty-two wheeled traverser..moved laterally across eight rails..to precisely place a U-boat inside.

†2. A defensive barrier. Cf. traverse n. 8. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun]

traverse1524

barricado1596

under-traverse1598

barricade1642

traverser1645

entanglement1834

barrel-barricade1837

barricade-work1867

barricading1890

1645 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 159 Y^e town..was made a kind of Garison w^th some traversers and light works built about it.

3. Chiefly Law and in legal contexts. A person who formally challenges or disputes an allegation, claim, finding, etc.; (hence) the defendant in a legal case or trial. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). Cf. traverse v. 1.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > one who pleads > one who contradicts a plea

traverser1651

1651 T. Ireland Exact Abridgm. Rep. Sir J. Dyer 108 The Inquest to try the traverse coming to give verdict, the Traverser is nonsute, Quaere if receivable, and Quaere if peremptory.

1812 Examiner 21 Sept. 607/1 The traverser was prevented from hanging himself.

1967 News (Frederick, Maryland) 14 July 5/4 Rosenstock called this move ‘the only fair thing to the average traverser since rich people could always afford bond’.

4. A person who turns wood, metal, etc., on a lathe or wheel; a turner. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with tools > with lathe

turner1415

hollow-turner1887

traverser1921

lathe operator1974

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 200 Traverser: a turner engaged in shaping long shafts, rollers, or cylinders, mainly in the rough, i.e., without putting a finished surface on them.

1934 Census 1931: Classif. Occupations 258 Traverser (a metal turner).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	traverser
释义	traversern. Brit. /ˈtravəsə/, /trəˈvəːsə/, U.S. /trəˈvərsər/, /ˈtrævərsər/ Forms: 1600s traueser, 1600s 1800s– traverser. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: traverse v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < traverse v. + -er suffix¹.With sense 2 compare earlier traverse n. 8. 1. a. A person who or thing which moves or travels through or across something. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes over or crosses traverser1613 crosser1876 1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 1 The two trauesers about the Sunne, called Venus and Mercury. 1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 5 A dismal time for the traversers of wide and open heaths. 1975 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Mar. 12/2 ‘You can traverse a slope, can't you?’ one of them said... ‘I'm the world champion traverser.’ I replied. 2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Book Review section) 4 Hamid..is himself a traverser of borders, having grown up mostly in Lahore, Pakistan..with stints in London and the United States. b. A device used to transfer railway locomotives, rolling stock, etc., from one set of rails to another, typically consisting of one or more short lengths of track on a movable platform which may be manoeuvred sideways on wheels or rails so as to come into line with any of several parallel sets of tracks. Later also: any of various similar machines used in engineering, manufacturing, etc., to transfer large vehicles or other heavy objects from one place to another. Cf. traverse table n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > platform for changing to parallel track traverser1851 traverse table1851 1851 T. Dunn Let. Jan. in Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. 3 258/2 I was the first person who invented a traverser. 1913 Times 26 Mar. 23/1 The trucks will be..marshalled on the sidings below by means of an electric traverser and three small turn-tables. 2019 J. M. O'Connor Hidden Places World War II ix. 123 With the U-boat secure in a cradle set on a trolley, a sideways-moving thirty-two wheeled traverser..moved laterally across eight rails..to precisely place a U-boat inside. †2. A defensive barrier. Cf. traverse n. 8. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] traverse1524 barricado1596 under-traverse1598 barricade1642 traverser1645 entanglement1834 barrel-barricade1837 barricade-work1867 barricading1890 1645 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 159 Y^e town..was made a kind of Garison w^th some traversers and light works built about it. 3. Chiefly Law and in legal contexts. A person who formally challenges or disputes an allegation, claim, finding, etc.; (hence) the defendant in a legal case or trial. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). Cf. traverse v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > one who pleads > one who contradicts a plea traverser1651 1651 T. Ireland Exact Abridgm. Rep. Sir J. Dyer 108 The Inquest to try the traverse coming to give verdict, the Traverser is nonsute, Quaere if receivable, and Quaere if peremptory. 1812 Examiner 21 Sept. 607/1 The traverser was prevented from hanging himself. 1967 News (Frederick, Maryland) 14 July 5/4 Rosenstock called this move ‘the only fair thing to the average traverser since rich people could always afford bond’. 4. A person who turns wood, metal, etc., on a lathe or wheel; a turner. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with tools > with lathe turner1415 hollow-turner1887 traverser1921 lathe operator1974 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 200 Traverser: a turner engaged in shaping long shafts, rollers, or cylinders, mainly in the rough, i.e., without putting a finished surface on them. 1934 Census 1931: Classif. Occupations 258 Traverser (a metal turner). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613
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