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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.

Traversing plate

(Mil.)

one of two thick iron plates at the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is applied in traversing the piece.

Wilhelm.

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Traversing platform

(Mil.)

a platform for traversing guns.

ppr.

Crossing; passing over; thwarting; turning; denying.

traversing

traversing ‎(plural traversings)

A traversal.
- 2013, John Likides, Foundations of Meaning (page 300)
  Some traversings last a few seconds or minutes, for instance, when the imagination passes swiftly across familiar eras and realms in its effort to generate the momentum necessary to perceive timeless realities.