Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Traversing
Trav′ers·ing, a. 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. — Traversing platform (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns.