Travail
WordNet
noun
(1) Use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"He got an A for effort"
"They managed only with great exertion"
(2) Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
"She was in labor for six hours"
verb
(3) Work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- arduous or painful labor
- work; labor , labour
- labor of childbirth
- Tribulation or agony; anguish.