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traverse ((2)) ((n.)) 2 Lumbering, Hist. 
n. a log used as one of the crosspieces of the framework of a crib, dram, or other raft.
See also: float (def. 1and 1854 quote) raft ((n.)) (def. 2, picture, and note)
- 1854 If the stream in which the timber is hauled out is not navigable for cribs, "driving" is resorted to--the loose sticks with the "floats" and "traverses" for rafting it are allowed to float down, followed by the lumbermen in canoes and along shore. . . .
- 1945 At the foot of the Island [were] piled rafting materials--withes, toggles, floats and traverses.
- 1961 The crib was a small raft made up of about twenty-five strips of timber lying parallel to one another in a frame consisting of two round logs and traverses fastened to them by wooden pins.
- 1854 If the stream in which the timber is hauled out is not navigable for cribs, "driving" is resorted to--the loose sticks with the "floats" and "traverses" for rafting it are allowed to float down, followed by the lumbermen in canoes and along shore. . . .