travail

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Noun

1. Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
3. An act of working; labor , labour .
4. The eclipse of a celestial object.
5. Obsolete form of travel.
6. Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)

Verb

1. To toil.
2. To go through the labor of childbirth.

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