travis

n. a common first name for men or a family name.

n. a male given name or surname, originally derived from an occupational name for a gatekeeper or someone who lived near a crossing.

“Travis is coming over for dinner with his family tonight.”

“The author Travis Hirschi is well-known in the field of criminology for his social bond theory.”

n. a wooden screen or wall that separates horses in a stable.

n. a partition or screen used to separate stalls within a stable. The term is largely restricted to specific British dialects or historical agricultural contexts.

“The old barn still had a wooden travis between each horse stall.”

“The restoration project aimed to preserve the original oak travises that divided the nineteenth-century stable block.”

British English · Dialect

n. a wooden frame used to hold a horse still while a blacksmith works on its shoes.

n. a wooden frame or brake used to confine a horse, particularly a restless one, while a smith is shoeing it.

“The blacksmith led the nervous horse into the travis to keep it safe.”

“Historical records of the village smithy mention the construction of a new travis to handle the larger draught horses.”

Archaic

adj. placed or lying across something else.

adj. positioned or lying across; transverse in orientation.

“The travis beams supported the weight of the heavy stone floor.”

“The architect noted the travis alignment of the joists, which differed from the standard longitudinal patterns of the era.”

Archaic · Literary