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Travois in a sentence

Travois meaning

  1. A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.
  2. A similar piece of equipment used to transport something by dragging; especially a stretcher dragged by a horse, mule, etc., used to transport an ill or injured person.
  3. A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground.

Using Travois

  • The main meaning on this page is: A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land. | A similar piece of equipment used to transport something by dragging; especially a stretcher dragged by a horse, mule, etc., used to transport an ill or injured person. | A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground.

Context around Travois

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pull 1× small 1× drawn 1×

Sentence patterns with Travois

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and pull travois 1× dog drawn travois for transportation 1× on a travois 1× pull small travois or sleighs 1× travois are a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

dogs were used 1× some tribes used 1× the pemmican mixture 1× travois are a 1× when they lived 1×

Common sentence endings:

and pull travois 1× as small children 1× on a travois 1× travois for transportation 1×

Words around Travois

Just before it in the word index:

traviss 4 travis 1.174 travinski 4 travillion 2 traviata 20 travia 3

Just after it in the word index:

travolta 69 travon 6 trawangan 3 traweek 2 trawick 8 trawl 24

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Travois

  • In this selection, "travois" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pull, small and drawn stand out and add context to how "travois" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and pull travois and dog drawn travois for transportation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "travois" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with travois

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Dogs were used as guards and pack animals to carry belongings and pull travois. (14 words)

The pemmican mixture was placed into leather bags, sewn up and loaded on a Travois. (15 words)

When they lived with the Shoshone, the Comanche mainly used dog-drawn travois for transportation. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Some tribes used the dog as a draft animal to pull small travois (or sleighs) to help move from place to place. (22 words)

Travois are a horse-pulled frame structure used by plains Indians to carry and pull belongings as well as small children. (21 words)

The pemmican mixture was placed into leather bags, sewn up and loaded on a Travois. (15 words)

Example sentences (5)

The pemmican mixture was placed into leather bags, sewn up and loaded on a Travois.

Dogs were used as guards and pack animals to carry belongings and pull travois.

Some tribes used the dog as a draft animal to pull small travois (or sleighs) to help move from place to place.

Travois are a horse-pulled frame structure used by plains Indians to carry and pull belongings as well as small children.

When they lived with the Shoshone, the Comanche mainly used dog-drawn travois for transportation.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "travois" in a sentence?
An example: "The pemmican mixture was placed into leather bags, sewn up and loaded on a Travois." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "travois" from authentic English texts.
What does "travois" mean?
Travois means: A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.
How many example sentences with "travois" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "travois", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.