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What (who) is traverse - definition
Traverse (fortification)
PART OF FORTIFICATION
A traverse, in military fortification, is a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet manned by the defenders, and is continued sufficiently far to the rear to give the protection required by the circumstances, which, moreover, determine its height.
traverse
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Traversing; Traverse (disambiguation)
I. ad.
Athwart, crosswise, cross.
II. a.
Lying across, cross.
III. v. a.
1.
Cross, lay athwart, thwart.
2.
Thwart, obstruct, cross in opposition, counteract, frustrate, defeat, contravene.
3.
Pass, travel over, wander over, cross in travelling, go across, pass through.
4.
Pass over and view, survey carefully, examine thoroughly.
5.
(Law.) Deny, plead "not guilty" to.
traverse
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Traversing; Traverse (disambiguation)
(traverses, traversing, traversed)
If someone or something traverses an area of land or water, they go across it. (LITERARY)
I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.
= cross
VERB: V n
Examples of use of traverse
1. "Traverse left, open fire!" he yelled instinctively to his gunner.
2. "Traverse left!" he repeats, pointing at the swivelling handle.
3. The youth attends Traverse City West Senior High School.
4. They traverse treetops using all four limbs and can leap up to 23 feet.
5. It will traverse the Kandahar region where Canadian forces are fighting.