/
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.