Dictionary entry

Travel (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Trav″el, n. 1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.

With long travel I am stiff and weary. Shak.

His travels ended at his country seat. Dryden.

2. pl. An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; — often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.

3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.

4. Labor; parturition; travail.