n. [ F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh, trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture. But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf. Trave). Cf. Travel. ]
As everything of price, so this doth require travail. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Cf. F. travail, a frame for confining a horse, or OF. travail beam, and E. trave, n. Cf. Travail, v. i. ] Same as Travois. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i.
v. t. To harass; to tire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Causing travail; laborious. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. --