Trekked

Trekked
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.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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