Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Travérsa, s. f.
1. a cross beam of timber, a cross iron bar. Traverse di legno, sleepers (of a rail-road); 2. (mil. t.) a traverse; 3. a breakwater, dam; 4. reverse, misfortune, cross, untoward event; 5. width, breadth; 6. a crossroad, near cut, by-way; 7. a back stroke; 8. (obs.) V. traversia; 9. a flute. Alla —, through. Alla — de'campi, across the fields. Alla — d'una selva, through a wood; 10. angrily, crossly.