travois
Sign in to saveAlso known as travoise, travoy
thumb|Cheyenne family using a horse-drawn travois, 1890.
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- Subclass of
- sled
- Image
- Crazy horse travois.jpg
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- Commons category
- Travois
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Construction and use
- Dog travois
- Horse travois
- Other ways to use a travois
- Travois tracks
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Cheyenne family using a horse-drawn travois, 1890.
A travois (; Canadian French, from French ; also travoise or travoy) is an A-frame structure used to drag loads over land, most notably by the Plains Indians of North America.
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