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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Travois

· Tra·vois · IPA /tɹəˈvɔɪ/
01 n. A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net fo…
  1. 1.
    A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load.
    “On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises; dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impediments.” — Julian Ralph.
  2. 2.
    A logging sled.[Northern U. S. & Canada]