The act of traversing; a crossing / The product or result of traversing. / The act of following a path or route.

plural of traversal

plural of traversable

A surname from French.

plural of Traverse

In a traverse manner; crosswise.

(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.

(transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions. / (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly. / To lay in a cross direction; to cross.

athwart; across; crosswise

Lying across; being in a direction across something else.