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Travois — Cheyenne family using a horse drawn travois, 1890. A travois (Canadian French, from French travail, a frame for restraining horses; also obsolete travoy or travoise) is a frame used by indigenous peoples, notably the Plains Indians of North… … Wikipedia
travois — [trəvoiz′trə voi′] n. pl. travois [trəvoiz′] or travoises [trəvoi′ziz] [CdnFr < travail, a brake, load < Fr: see TRAVAIL] a crude sledge of the North American Plains Indians, consisting of a net or platform dragged along the ground on the… … English World dictionary
