TRAVAIL

travail. Travail, v. to toil, labor, harass, tire, bear a child

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Trav″ail (?; 48), n. [[F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh, trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture. But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf. Trave). Cf. Travel.]] 1. 1. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
As everything of price, so this doth require travail. Hooker. 2. 2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.