(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. / Specifically, the labor of childbirth. / (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).

To toil. / To go through the labor of childbirth.

present participle of travail

The process of undergoing travails or exertions.

plural of travail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of travail

simple past tense and past participle of travail

(obsolete) Causing travail; laborious.

plural of travailing