The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Travail \Trav"ail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Travailed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Travailing.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier,
   travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to
   torment, agitate. See Travail, n.]
   1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] "Slothful persons
      which will not travail for their livings." --Latimer.
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   2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
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