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/tɹəˈvɝs/ · noun
(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent..
At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof.
Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be […]
At the entrance of the king, / The first traverse was drawn.
He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.
At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs.
The whole care of the vessel rested, therefore, upon me, and I was obliged to direct her by my former experience, not being able to work a traverse.
He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
What seas you travers'd, and what fields you fought! / Your country's peace how oft, how dearly bought!
Use traverse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Traverse means (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent..
Common synonyms include sweep, cover, track, span.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof.
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