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Definitions of: traverseDefinition: Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.Definition: Anything that traverses, or crosses. Definition: Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control. Definition: A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like. Definition: A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building. Definition: A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work. Definition: A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows. Definition: The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course. Definition: A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal. Definition: A line surveyed across a plot of ground. Definition: The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction. Definition: A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. Definition: To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing. Definition: To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide. Definition: To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other. |
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