Trekking

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trek
       n 1: a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by
            a group of settlers)
       2: any long and difficult trip
       v 1: journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the
            summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas"
       2: make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the
          North Pole with sleds and skis"
       [also: {trekking}, {trekked}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trekking
       See {trek}