[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

travois \tra`vois"\, n. cf. travail.
   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.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   2. a logging sled. northern u. s.  canada
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
travail 

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