One entry found for travail.
Main Entry: tra·vail
Pronunciation: tr-v()l, trav-l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English travail "hard labor," from early French travail (same meaning), from travailler (verb) "to torment, labor" --related to TRAVEL --see Word History at TRAVEL 1: work especially of a painful or difficult nature : TOIL 2: AGONY 1, torment - travailverb