1. working extremely hard; laboring with great effort
Usage: formal; literary
2. experiencing the pains of childbirth
Usage: archaic; biblical

Examples

• The students were travailing over their final exams.
• She spent hours travailing on the difficult math problem.
• The workers were travailing in the hot sun to finish the project.
• He was travailing through the night to complete his dissertation.
• The woman was travailing in the delivery room.
• The biblical text spoke of Rachel travailing in childbirth.