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单词 travois
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travois

noun

tra·​vois trə-ˈvȯi How to pronounce travois (audio)
ˈtra-ˌvȯi
plural travois also travoises trə-ˈvȯiz How to pronounce travois (audio)
ˈtra-ˌvȯiz
: a simple vehicle used by Plains Indians consisting of two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for the load

Illustration of travois

Illustration of travois

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web On the Great Plains of North America, Native American tribes employed dogs for centuries, outfitting them with a load-bearing frame called a travois that the animals pulled behind them. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 18 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

American French travail, from Canadian French, shaft of a cart, from Middle French traveil catafalque, prop, from Late Latin trepalium instrument of torture — more at travail

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

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