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noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
noun a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
noun taking a zigzag path on skis
originFrom Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).
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