TREKKING

TREK

trek

(verb) make a long and difficult journey; “They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis”

trek

(verb) journey on foot, especially in the mountains; “We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

trekking

present participle of trek

Noun

trekking (usually uncountable, plural trekkings)

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.

Source: Wiktionary


TREK

Trek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trekked; p. pr. & vb. n. Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See Track, n.] [South Africa]

1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.

2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa]

One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. James Bryce.

Trek, n. [Written also treck.] [D. Cf. Track, n.]

Definition: The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration. [Chiefly South Africa]

To the north a trek was projected, and some years later was nearly carried out, for the occupation of the Mashonaland. James Bryce.

Great Trek, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the South African Republic and Orange Free State.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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