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dog travois 
a simple wheel-less conveyance originally used by the Indians and made of two poles on which was a platform or net for holding a load, the contrivance being pulled by a dog. See picture at travois.
See also: travois (def. 1 and picture)
- 1913 The dog-travois was, and is still, in the forests of the north, a smaller implement of the same model.
- 1966 Toboggans were made of hardwood and the dog "travois" consisted simply of a couple of sticks tied together over the neck of a dog, the other ends of the sticks trailing behind to serve as a resting place for the load which was lashed to it.
- 1913 The dog-travois was, and is still, in the forests of the north, a smaller implement of the same model.