traverse

1. A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.

2. A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.

3. Something that thwarts or obstructs.

   He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.

4. A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.

5. A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).

6. The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.

7. A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.

8. In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.

9. A traverse board.

10. (obsolete)A screen or partition.

1. Be careful when traversing the country.

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2. Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.

   deUnbekanntes Terrain zu durchqueren kann schwierig sein. — Yorwba

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3. They were careful when traversing the forest.

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4. Boris traversed the woods in the dark.

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5. They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.

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