TRAVERSE, in a wet fosi, is a sort of gallery, made by throwing faucissons, joists, fascines, stones, earth, &c. into the fosi, opposite the place where the miner is to be put, in order to fill up the ditch, and make a passage over it.
TRAVERSE also denotes a wall of earth, or stone, raised across a work, to stop the shot from rolling along it.
TRAVERSE also sometimes signifies any retrenchment, or line fortified with fascines, barrels, or bags of earth, or gabions.