/
ˈtravəs, 
trəˈvəːs/
v.
   - travel or extend across or through. 
▸cross a rock face by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another.
 ▸ski diagonally across (a slope), losing only a little height.
 - move back and forth or sideways. 
▸turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction.
 - Law  deny (an allegation) in pleading. 
▸archaic thwart (a plan).
 
n.
     - an act of traversing. 
▸a zigzag course taken by a ship.
 - a part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something. 
▸a gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building.
 - a mechanism enabling a large gun to be traversed. 
▸the sideways movement of a part in a machine.
 - a single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points.
 - Military  a pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire.
 
Derivative
- traversable adj.
  - traversal n.
  - traverser n.
 
Etymology
ME: from OFr. traverser, from late L. traversare; the noun is from OFr. travers (masc.), traverse (fem.), partly based on traverser.