travis
adjEtymology Alteration of traverse.
1
Archaic Lying across, traverse.
- The skiff at the bank bore a strange rigging of uprights and crosspoles and a travis bar with lines and hooks hanging from it.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree:
travis
nounUK /ˈtɹeɪvəs/
Etymology Alteration of traverse.
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
UK A screen or partition between stable stalls.