travail
- Noun. (archaic) Work, especially when arduous or painful; excessive labor, suffering. (defdate, from 13th c.) .
- Noun. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. (defdate, from 13th c.) .
- Noun. (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (qualifier, US) , labour (qualifier, British) . (defdate, 14th-18th c.) .
- Noun. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object. (defdate, 17th c.) .
- Noun. (obsolete form of, travel) .
- Verb. To toil.
- Verb. To go through the labor of childbirth.
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