Travers

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

  Travers \Trav"ers\, adv. [F. travers, breadth, extent from side,
     [`a] travers, en travers, de travers, across, athwart. See
     {Traverse}, a.]
     Across; athwart. [Obs.]
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           The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down,
           and laid travers one over another.       --Ld. Berners.
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