travers

adverbattested in dialogue

across; athwart

adverb

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obsoleteacross; 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.

Etymology

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

traveller · One who travels, especially to distant lands.Traveller · A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Norway.travelling · The act of one who travels; a journey.

travers · across; athwart

Travers · A surname originating as an occupation.travis · A screen or partition between stable stalls.Travis · A surname originating as an occupation.

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