a person or thing that travels.
a person who travels or has traveled in distant places or foreign lands.
part of a mechanism constructed to move in a fixed course.
Textiles.
(in ring spinning) a small metal device that moves rapidly around the ring and guides the yarn onto the revolving bobbin.
Nautical.
- a metal ring or thimble fitted to move freely on a rope, spar, or rod.
- Also called horse. the rope, spar, or rod itself.
Also traveler curtain. Theater.
a transverse curtain opened by being drawn from both sides of the proscenium.
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly British.
a member of any of a number of traditionally itinerant peoples of the British Isles and other English-speaking areas, including, in addition to people of Gypsy origin, autochthonous groups such as the speakers of Shelta.
