traverse
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Traverse: (1) A mound or earth situated at intervals along a work such as a covered way, the traveres were aligned at right angles to the work and prevented it from being swept by flanking fire should part of the work be taken by the enemy, ...
The pendentive which carried the dome rested on four great arches, the thrust of those crossing the church being counteracted by immense buttresses which traversed the aisles, and the other two partly by smaller arches in the apse, ...
The control of hand survey is usually achieved by measured lengths across and around rooms or areas, which are linked together by a traverse of fixed points.
Gallery: Covered corridor in an upper story overlooking the nave. A traverse gallery crosses both sides of the church and a tribune gallery is the elevated part of a gallery which contains seats.
A crossing of two lines at right angles; a device composed of an upright bar traversed by a horizontal one
Ankh: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph - a cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top.
Traverse - small bank or wall that cuts across the line of a covered way.
Trebuchet or Ballista - siege engine in the form of a large catapult.
Trefoil - three-lobed.
They crossed two passes in the Pyrenees and converged into a single stream to traverse north-western Spain. Along the route they were urged on by those pilgrims returning from the journey.
 See also: Trave, Architecture, Well, Roman, System
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