Travers \Trav"ers\, adv. [F. travers, breadth, extent from side, [`a] travers, en travers, de travers, across, athwart. See Traverse, a.]

Across; athwart. [Obs.]

The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another. --Ld. Berners.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)