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Definition of: travois
(tra·voi′) noun plural ·vois (-voiz′) or ·vois·es (-voi′ziz)
A primitive sled constructed of two poles which serve as shafts for a dog or other draft animal and which drag on the ground, bearing a frame for the load; used by North American Indians and lumbermen in logging: also spelled travail. Also tra·voise′ (-voiz′). [<dial. F (Canadian), alter. of F travail, a frame in which horses are held while being shod <OF]
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