{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.
{Traversing platform} (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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