different between travis vs travers

English

Etymology

Alteration of traverse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??v?s/

Noun

travis (plural traves or travises)

1. (obsolete) A wooden frame to confine a horse while the smith is setting his shoes.
2. (obsolete) A beam; a lay of joints; a traverse.
3. (Britain) A screen or partition between stable stalls.

Adjective

travis (comparative more travis, superlative most travis)

1. (archaic) Lying across, traverse.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree:

     The skiff at the bank bore a strange rigging of uprights and crosspoles and a travis bar with lines and hooks hanging from it.

References

• http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/travis
• https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travis

Anagrams

• Savitr, Savit?

English

Etymology

French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

Adverb

travers (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) across; athwart
   • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles

     The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.

Anagrams

• starver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin transversus. Doublet of transverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a.v??/

Noun

travers m (plural travers)

1. outside (the external part of)
2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
3. (historical) border toll

Derived terms

Related terms

• à travers
• au travers de
• traverser

Further reading

• “travers” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• verrats

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra?v?rs/

Adjective

travers

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