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Travel :: Travel (v. i.) To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California..

Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle..

Navigation :: Navigation (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship..

Viatic :: Viatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling.

Caravan :: Caravan (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa..

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin..

Voyage :: Voyage (n.) The act or practice of traveling.

Domino :: Domino (n.) A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling..

Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..

Traveling :: Traveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trave.

Overcast :: Overcast (v. t.) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling..

Harbinger :: Harbinger (n.) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings..

Posthaste :: Posthaste (n.) Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier..

Rout :: Rout (n.) A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng..

Wrap :: Wrap (n.) A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling..

Raveling :: Raveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rave.

Tenaillon :: Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions..

Encampment :: Encampment (n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest..

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..

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