Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Travers /trăv'-ẽrz/ · Trav·ers · IPA /trˈævərz/ 01 adv. Across; athwart. 1. Across; athwart.[Obs.] “The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.” — Ld. Berners.