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TRAPPINGS. See HOUSINGS.

TRATTES, Fr. The Several beams and long pieces of wood which support the body of a windmill.

TRAVADE, Fr. A whirlwind; violent squall accompanied by thunder and lightening.

TRAVAILLER, Fr. To work. In mechanics; to warp, to open, &c. The French say, Ce bois travaille; this wood warps--Ce mur travaille; this wall gives way, &c.

TRAVAILLER, a la journee, Fr. To work by the day--A la piece, by the piece:--à la tâche, by the measure:--En bloc et en tâche, by the great, by the lump.

TRAVAILLER à Toise, Fr. To work by the toise. Works in fortification are generally done by this measure.

TRAVAILLER par epaulees, Fr. To execute a work with intervals of labor.

TRAVAILLER les esprits des soldats. To work upon the minds of the soldiery. To excite them to insurrection.

TRAVAILLER un pays. To feel the pulse of a country by working upon the minds of the inhabitants; to excite them to support any particular cause.

TRAVAILLEURS, Fr. Literally, workmen. In military matters, pioneers and soldiers employed in fatigue duties.

TRAVAILLEURS, à la tranchee, Fr. A detachment, consisting of a given number of men from each battalion, which is employed in the trenches. The soldiers who are sent upon this duty have only spades and pick-axes, and the officers who command them wear their swords.

TRAVAISON, Fr. Entablature.

TRAVAUX Militaires, Fr. See MILITARY WORKS.

TRAVAUX avances, Fr. Advanced works or outworks. The same as pieces detachees, or dehors. See DEHORS.

TRAVEE, Fr. A bay of joists. A scaffold.

TRAVELLING forge. See FORGE.

TRAVERS, Fr. A rope which is used to fasten cannon on their carriages, &c. and which serves for various other purposes.

TRAVERSEE, Fr. Passage; short trip by sea.

TRAVERSE. In fortification, is a parapet made across the covert-way, opposite to the salient angles of the works, near the place of arms, to prevent being enfiladed. Traverses are 18 feet thick, and as high as the ridge of the glacis. There are also traverses made by caponiers; but then they are called tambours.

To TRAVERSE, a gun, or mortar, is to bring it about to right or left with hand-spikes, till it is pointed exact to the object.

TRAVERSIER, Fr. A passage boat, &c. It likewise means a wind that blows into port; also a pontoon.

TRAVERSINES, Fr. Pieces of wood which are laid cross-ways in a dyke.

TRAVERSING-plates, in gun carriages, are two thin iron plates, nailed on the hind part of a truck carriage of guns, where the hand-spike is used to traverse the gun.

TRAVERSING, in fencing, is the change of ground made by moving to right or left round the circle of defence.

TRAVONS, Fr. The large main beams in a wooden bridge, which support the joists, &c. They are likewise called sommiers.

TRAVESTISEMENT, Fr. Disguise. In the old French service, it was ordained, that no dragoon or foot soldier should change his uniform or regimentals whilst in garrison, nor within the boundaries of it. Every infraction of this order was punished with three months imprisonment.

TRAUMATIC. Vulnerary; useful to wounds; as Traumatic decoction.

TREACHERY. Perfidy; breach of faith.