trekn.

Brit.

/trɛk/, U.S.

/trɛk/, South African English

/trek/

Etymology: < Cape Dutch trek = Dutch trek draw, pull, tug, march, < trekken , trek v.

Originally South African.

a. South African. In travelling by ox-wagon: a stage of a journey between one stopping-place and the next; hence, a journey or expedition made in this way; (also) journeying or travel by ox-wagon.Cf. trek-tow n. occurring in 1834.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > journey by ox wagon

trek1849

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 1 First day's ‘trek’ in lower Albany.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vii. 233 I joined Swartz..and went with him to Letloche, about fourteen days' trek.

1906 Harper's Mag. June 30/2 Distances in Africa are not reckoned by miles, but by treks or days.

b. Now in general use elsewhere: a long journey or expedition, esp. one overland involving considerable physical effort.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > long or far

grand tour1793

trek1941

1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang i. 6 Risky treks against hazards different from those of the general Australian bush.

1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 168 There they made camp, cached their canoe and load, and sorted out what they wanted to take for their next overland trek—this time a hunting trip.

1972 ‘D. Craig’ Double Take i. 8 The trekking lesson always ended like this... The other members of the trek looked at Brian.

2. South African. An organized migration or expedition by ox-wagon.

ΚΠ

1890 Times (Weekly ed.) 28 Feb. 17/3 The proclamation of President Kruger forbidding the formation of a ‘trek’ to enter Mashonaland.

1901 Scotsman 8 Mar. 6/2 There had been a Boer trek into German South-west Africa, but it was only on a small scale.

1901 Daily Chron. 30 May 3/2 The men above-mentioned, or their sons,..led the great trek of 1836–9.

3. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun]

forec900

wayOE

farec1000

sitheOE

gangOE

journey?c1225

gatea1300

pilgrimagec1300

voyage1338

wending1340

raik?c1350

turna1400

repairc1425

went1430

reisea1450

progressionc1450

progressa1460

race1513

peregrination1548

travel1559

passance1580

dogtrot1856

trek1895

ulendo1921

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt v. 102 A big troop of guinea-fowls..following each other in their afternoon trek to the water.

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 123 From the sun-parched wilderness of Africa to art criticism is a big trek.

1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 67 The first [birds] to begin the ‘trek’ down the river are the early broods of water-wagtails.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

trek-cattle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > working > for pulling vehicles > collectively

trek-cattle1900

1900 Daily News 6 Apr. 3/1 The local supply of trek cattle..from the farms of the Boers.

trek-ox n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > working > for pulling vehicles

trek-ox1850

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. x. 220 I purchased..several excellent horses and trek-oxen.

1906 Harper's Mag. June 29/1 The northernmost limit of the trek-ox in Africa.

C2.

trek Boer n. (a) a Boer who moved his family and grazing stock from place to place; (b) = Voortrekker n.; (also) a participant in a later migration of Afrikaners.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner

Hollander1699

Afrikaner1820

Afrikander1822

Cape Dutch1826

trek Boer1835

Low Dutch1900

trek-farmer1912

Boer1956

boertjie1956

1835 A. Steedman Wanderings S. Afr. II. iii. iii. 53 The next day we met a Trek Boor, with his cattle.

1847 in C. Pettman Africanderisms (1913) 513 All the most intelligent of the Trek Boers whom I have seen, look forward with dread to the course the Government are pursuing.

1882 C. Du Val With Show through Southern Afr. I. 106 Abolition of slavery was the primary cause of the movement of these ‘trek Boers’.

1912 East London Disp. 14 Aug. 4 Long before the nomad trek Boers crossed the Drakensberg.

1929 D. Reitz Commando xxiv. 281 We moved north through country thinly occupied by Nomad Boers (Trek Boers), who spend their lives going from one well to another with their flocks.

1941 C. W. de Kiewiet Hist. S. Afr. 17 When the Trekboers entered it with their flocks and tented wagons, they left the current of European life.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 159/2 The Afrikaner remains, according to Lambley, the atavistic, insular, racially arrogant trekboer.

trek-bok n. (pluraltrek bokke also trek bokken) an antelope, esp. a springbok, in a migrating herd.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Antidoreas (springbok)

springbok1776

springbuck1776

springer1781

trek-bok1824

1824 S. Afr. Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 72 On the approach of the Trek-Bokken or migrating spring-boks, the grazier makes up his mind to look for pasturage for his flocks elsewhere.

1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. ii. vi. 274 The destructive flocks of trek-bokken, or migratory springboks, pressed by the long droughts, occasionally inundate the northern parts of the Colony.

1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. ix. 215 I have passed across these plains through a herd of trek-bokken..three or four miles broad.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ix. 157 The springbuck migrations..are something we shall never see again. Colonists called them ‘trekbokke’ or ‘travellingbuck’.

trek-cart n. a light cart used by (boy) scouts for transporting stores, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart

crowd-wainc1330

wheelbarrowc1340

barrowa1420

crowd-barrowc1440

hollbarowe1453

harry-carry1493

handbarrow1521

drumbler1613

handcart1640

bayard1642

hurlbarrowa1682

go-cart1759

gurry1777

box-barrow1804

truck1815

pushcart1853

hurly1866

flat1884

Georgia buggy1904

trek-cart1928

1928 R. A. Knox Footsteps at Lock v. 43 The bigger boys had gone.. with the trek-cart to bring our stores over.

1977 Drive Jan.–Feb. 15/2 Boy scouts' trek-cart needed.

trek chain n. = trek-tow n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > for connecting animals

tugwithe?1523

coupling-strapa1732

incatenation1762

coupling-reins1795

ox-riem1817

trek-tow1822

butt chain1857

trek chain1878

jockey-stick1887

1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal 332 Our oxen were free, walking off a yard or two with our tree-disselboom and trek-chain.

1972 Farmer's Weekly (S. Afr.) 21 Apr. (advt.) Chain traces 55c each; Trek chains R1.55.

trek-farmer n. = trek Boer n. (a) above.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner

Hollander1699

Afrikaner1820

Afrikander1822

Cape Dutch1826

trek Boer1835

Low Dutch1900

trek-farmer1912

Boer1956

boertjie1956

1912 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 1 May 5 The desirability of amending the railway tariff for trek-sheep to enable trek farmers to avail themselves of the railway.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo vii. 128 The mountain bush had housed the first trek-farmers in hard and stormy weather.

1980 ‘R. First’ & A. Scott Olive Schreiner i. 28 Boer trek-farmers moved away from British control.

trek fever n. an insatiable longing for travelling or wandering in the veld.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun] > desire or fondness for

go-fever1875

travel sickness1894

trek fever1897

wanderlust1902

travel bug1907

wander-spirit1927

1897 J. P. Fitzpatrick Outspan 3 When..this instinct awakens,..it becomes a madness, and they call it trek-fever.

1943 D. Reitz No Outspan viii. 106 Gauko-Otawi, the ‘Rustplaats’ or resting place of the Trekkers. Here it was that in 1878 they had built a church, their trek-fever temporarily stilled.

trek-net n. = seine n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net

seinec950

seine-net1603

sweep-net1605

shackle-head1762

sweeping-net1809

hang-net1812

stop-seine1825

purse seine1838

ring net1851

scringe1851

trawl-net1855

sweep-seine1856

ground-seine1874

purse seine net1879

shore seine1884

trek-net1913

1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 46 The seine, or ‘trek-net’, has from the very earliest period of the European occupation of the country been the type of net generally adopted.

1970 Argus (Cape Town) 24 Dec. 2 They had cast trek nets in the surf.

trek-netter n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using other types of net

trammeller1363

trim-tram man1746

halver1812

drift-netter1889

trek-netter1956

1956 J. L. B. Smith Old Fourlegs i. 9 I..lived with the coastal trek-netters.

trek path n. a right of way across the land of another farmer.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > which one may lawfully use

right of way1805

usage1829

trek path1934

BOAT1974

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Trekpath.

1936 Cape Argus 18 Mar. 13 The trek-path controversy has led many men to fence their farms.

1955 L. G. Green Karoo xii. 142 A trek path is a definite route which a farmer is entitled to follow when leading his sheep to new pastures.

trek-rope n. = trek-tow n.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > traces

tracec1350

side rope1370

wain-rope1371

trace14..

soam1404

pintrace1440

side-trace1445

wain-string1464

theats1496

treat1611

trek-tow1822

trace-chain1844

tug-strap1882

trek-rope1883

trace-rope1900

1883 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 293 The oxen loosened from the trek rope.

trek sheep n. sheep driven or carried a long way for pasturage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by eating habits

turnip-sheep1844

trek sheep1912

smothering1950

heft1960

1912Trek sheep [see trek-farmer n.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

trekv.

Brit.

/trɛk/, U.S.

/trɛk/, South African English

/trek/

Etymology: < Dutch trekk-en to draw, pull, tug, tow, march, travel; Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Middle High German trecken, Old West Frisian trekka; originally an intensive derivative of Middle Dutch, Middle Low German trēken, Middle High German trechen, Old High German trechan to draw.

Originally South African.

a. intransitive. To make a journey by ox-wagon; hence, to travel, migrate; also, to go, proceed; to go away, depart (slang). Also transferred of wild animals. South African.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey

ferec950

foundOE

sitheOE

to come upOE

comeOE

undernimc1275

to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297

travelc1300

journeyc1330

to take one's waya1375

reisea1387

to fare a waya1400

voyage1477

wayfare1534

peregrinate1593

sojourn1608

to fare a voyage1609

to journey itc1680

to take one's foot in one's hand1755

stroke1823

trek1850

peruse1895

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iii. 48 [The elephants] turned their faces to the north-east, and ‘trekked’ or migrated from their ancestral jungles to lands unknown.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xiv. 301 At dawn of day, we inspanned, and trekked about five hours in a north-easterly course.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 154 The wagons had been quietly treking along over an immense open country.

1891 Spectator 25 Apr. 583/2 A large body of them [Boers]—five thousand, it is said—therefore resolved to ‘trek’ into Mashonaland and establish a Republic upon the great plateau.

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt ii. 25 The springbuck..were beginning to trek backwards and forwards uneasily.

b. Hence generally in extended use: to travel, esp. arduously, to make one's way. Frequently trivially.

ΚΠ

1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxviii. 342 When the police first saw them they were trekking through the scrub.

1912 Standard 20 Sept. 7/1 He [the King] met the whole of the Third Division, who were trekking to their rest camps from their overnight bivouac.

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 11 June 13/2 The hungry pilot trekking over the tundra should beware of the liver of the Polar bear.

1955 Times 22 July 9/6 About 35,000 came last year, and more are expected this summer... They come to fish and shoot or to trek in the mountains. ‘Only the English like trekking,’ one agent said.

1976 Oadby & Wigston (Leics.) Advertiser 26 Nov. 7/6 I was surprised as I trekked from shop to shop how much prices varied.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 438 It would mean trekking down to the kitchen again, and..no one appreciates the patter of my little feet.

c. transitive. To cover (ground, a distance) by ‘trekking’. South African.

ΚΠ

1890 F. Young Winter Tour S. Afr. 118 The ground which I have myself treked.

2. transitive. To draw or drag (a vehicle): said of oxen and other beasts of draught. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [verb (transitive)] > draw vehicle

trek1863

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 152 My oxen could not possibly trek my wagon through the heavy sands in their present condition.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 309 We ultimately got the ox tied up to the wagon-wheel,..inspanned him next morning, and he treks well.

1893 H. M. Doughty Our Wherry in Wendish Lands 53 A farm horse..which trekked us for four or five miles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	trek
释义	trekn. Brit. /trɛk/, U.S. /trɛk/, South African English /trek/ Etymology: < Cape Dutch trek = Dutch trek draw, pull, tug, march, < trekken , trek v. Originally South African. 1. a. South African. In travelling by ox-wagon: a stage of a journey between one stopping-place and the next; hence, a journey or expedition made in this way; (also) journeying or travel by ox-wagon.Cf. trek-tow n. occurring in 1834. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > journey by ox wagon trek1849 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 1 First day's ‘trek’ in lower Albany. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vii. 233 I joined Swartz..and went with him to Letloche, about fourteen days' trek. 1906 Harper's Mag. June 30/2 Distances in Africa are not reckoned by miles, but by treks or days. b. Now in general use elsewhere: a long journey or expedition, esp. one overland involving considerable physical effort. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > long or far grand tour1793 trek1941 1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang i. 6 Risky treks against hazards different from those of the general Australian bush. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 168 There they made camp, cached their canoe and load, and sorted out what they wanted to take for their next overland trek—this time a hunting trip. 1972 ‘D. Craig’ Double Take i. 8 The trekking lesson always ended like this... The other members of the trek looked at Brian. 2. South African. An organized migration or expedition by ox-wagon. ΚΠ 1890 Times (Weekly ed.) 28 Feb. 17/3 The proclamation of President Kruger forbidding the formation of a ‘trek’ to enter Mashonaland. 1901 Scotsman 8 Mar. 6/2 There had been a Boer trek into German South-west Africa, but it was only on a small scale. 1901 Daily Chron. 30 May 3/2 The men above-mentioned, or their sons,..led the great trek of 1836–9. 3. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] forec900 wayOE farec1000 sitheOE gangOE journey?c1225 gatea1300 pilgrimagec1300 voyage1338 wending1340 raik?c1350 turna1400 repairc1425 went1430 reisea1450 progressionc1450 progressa1460 race1513 peregrination1548 travel1559 passance1580 dogtrot1856 trek1895 ulendo1921 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt v. 102 A big troop of guinea-fowls..following each other in their afternoon trek to the water. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 123 From the sun-parched wilderness of Africa to art criticism is a big trek. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 67 The first [birds] to begin the ‘trek’ down the river are the early broods of water-wagtails. Compounds C1. General attributive. trek-cattle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > working > for pulling vehicles > collectively trek-cattle1900 1900 Daily News 6 Apr. 3/1 The local supply of trek cattle..from the farms of the Boers. trek-ox n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > working > for pulling vehicles trek-ox1850 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. x. 220 I purchased..several excellent horses and trek-oxen. 1906 Harper's Mag. June 29/1 The northernmost limit of the trek-ox in Africa. C2. trek Boer n. (a) a Boer who moved his family and grazing stock from place to place; (b) = Voortrekker n.; (also) a participant in a later migration of Afrikaners. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner Hollander1699 Afrikaner1820 Afrikander1822 Cape Dutch1826 trek Boer1835 Low Dutch1900 trek-farmer1912 Boer1956 boertjie1956 1835 A. Steedman Wanderings S. Afr. II. iii. iii. 53 The next day we met a Trek Boor, with his cattle. 1847 in C. Pettman Africanderisms (1913) 513 All the most intelligent of the Trek Boers whom I have seen, look forward with dread to the course the Government are pursuing. 1882 C. Du Val With Show through Southern Afr. I. 106 Abolition of slavery was the primary cause of the movement of these ‘trek Boers’. 1912 East London Disp. 14 Aug. 4 Long before the nomad trek Boers crossed the Drakensberg. 1929 D. Reitz Commando xxiv. 281 We moved north through country thinly occupied by Nomad Boers (Trek Boers), who spend their lives going from one well to another with their flocks. 1941 C. W. de Kiewiet Hist. S. Afr. 17 When the Trekboers entered it with their flocks and tented wagons, they left the current of European life. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 159/2 The Afrikaner remains, according to Lambley, the atavistic, insular, racially arrogant trekboer. trek-bok n. (pluraltrek bokke also trek bokken) an antelope, esp. a springbok, in a migrating herd. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Antidoreas (springbok) springbok1776 springbuck1776 springer1781 trek-bok1824 1824 S. Afr. Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 72 On the approach of the Trek-Bokken or migrating spring-boks, the grazier makes up his mind to look for pasturage for his flocks elsewhere. 1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. ii. vi. 274 The destructive flocks of trek-bokken, or migratory springboks, pressed by the long droughts, occasionally inundate the northern parts of the Colony. 1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. ix. 215 I have passed across these plains through a herd of trek-bokken..three or four miles broad. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ix. 157 The springbuck migrations..are something we shall never see again. Colonists called them ‘trekbokke’ or ‘travellingbuck’. trek-cart n. a light cart used by (boy) scouts for transporting stores, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart crowd-wainc1330 wheelbarrowc1340 barrowa1420 crowd-barrowc1440 hollbarowe1453 harry-carry1493 handbarrow1521 drumbler1613 handcart1640 bayard1642 hurlbarrowa1682 go-cart1759 gurry1777 box-barrow1804 truck1815 pushcart1853 hurly1866 flat1884 Georgia buggy1904 trek-cart1928 1928 R. A. Knox Footsteps at Lock v. 43 The bigger boys had gone.. with the trek-cart to bring our stores over. 1977 Drive Jan.–Feb. 15/2 Boy scouts' trek-cart needed. trek chain n. = trek-tow n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > for connecting animals tugwithe?1523 coupling-strapa1732 incatenation1762 coupling-reins1795 ox-riem1817 trek-tow1822 butt chain1857 trek chain1878 jockey-stick1887 1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal 332 Our oxen were free, walking off a yard or two with our tree-disselboom and trek-chain. 1972 Farmer's Weekly (S. Afr.) 21 Apr. (advt.) Chain traces 55c each; Trek chains R1.55. trek-farmer n. = trek Boer n. (a) above. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner Hollander1699 Afrikaner1820 Afrikander1822 Cape Dutch1826 trek Boer1835 Low Dutch1900 trek-farmer1912 Boer1956 boertjie1956 1912 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 1 May 5 The desirability of amending the railway tariff for trek-sheep to enable trek farmers to avail themselves of the railway. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo vii. 128 The mountain bush had housed the first trek-farmers in hard and stormy weather. 1980 ‘R. First’ & A. Scott Olive Schreiner i. 28 Boer trek-farmers moved away from British control. trek fever n. an insatiable longing for travelling or wandering in the veld. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > desire or fondness for go-fever1875 travel sickness1894 trek fever1897 wanderlust1902 travel bug1907 wander-spirit1927 1897 J. P. Fitzpatrick Outspan 3 When..this instinct awakens,..it becomes a madness, and they call it trek-fever. 1943 D. Reitz No Outspan viii. 106 Gauko-Otawi, the ‘Rustplaats’ or resting place of the Trekkers. Here it was that in 1878 they had built a church, their trek-fever temporarily stilled. trek-net n. = seine n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net seinec950 seine-net1603 sweep-net1605 shackle-head1762 sweeping-net1809 hang-net1812 stop-seine1825 purse seine1838 ring net1851 scringe1851 trawl-net1855 sweep-seine1856 ground-seine1874 purse seine net1879 shore seine1884 trek-net1913 1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 46 The seine, or ‘trek-net’, has from the very earliest period of the European occupation of the country been the type of net generally adopted. 1970 Argus (Cape Town) 24 Dec. 2 They had cast trek nets in the surf. trek-netter n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using other types of net trammeller1363 trim-tram man1746 halver1812 drift-netter1889 trek-netter1956 1956 J. L. B. Smith Old Fourlegs i. 9 I..lived with the coastal trek-netters. trek path n. a right of way across the land of another farmer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > which one may lawfully use right of way1805 usage1829 trek path1934 BOAT1974 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Trekpath. 1936 Cape Argus 18 Mar. 13 The trek-path controversy has led many men to fence their farms. 1955 L. G. Green Karoo xii. 142 A trek path is a definite route which a farmer is entitled to follow when leading his sheep to new pastures. trek-rope n. = trek-tow n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > traces tracec1350 side rope1370 wain-rope1371 trace14.. soam1404 pintrace1440 side-trace1445 wain-string1464 theats1496 treat1611 trek-tow1822 trace-chain1844 tug-strap1882 trek-rope1883 trace-rope1900 1883 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 293 The oxen loosened from the trek rope. trek sheep n. sheep driven or carried a long way for pasturage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by eating habits turnip-sheep1844 trek sheep1912 smothering1950 heft1960 1912Trek sheep [see trek-farmer n.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). trekv. Brit. /trɛk/, U.S. /trɛk/, South African English /trek/ Etymology: < Dutch trekk-en to draw, pull, tug, tow, march, travel; Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Middle High German trecken, Old West Frisian trekka; originally an intensive derivative of Middle Dutch, Middle Low German trēken, Middle High German trechen, Old High German trechan to draw. Originally South African. 1. a. intransitive. To make a journey by ox-wagon; hence, to travel, migrate; also, to go, proceed; to go away, depart (slang). Also transferred of wild animals. South African. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iii. 48 [The elephants] turned their faces to the north-east, and ‘trekked’ or migrated from their ancestral jungles to lands unknown. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xiv. 301 At dawn of day, we inspanned, and trekked about five hours in a north-easterly course. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 154 The wagons had been quietly treking along over an immense open country. 1891 Spectator 25 Apr. 583/2 A large body of them [Boers]—five thousand, it is said—therefore resolved to ‘trek’ into Mashonaland and establish a Republic upon the great plateau. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt ii. 25 The springbuck..were beginning to trek backwards and forwards uneasily. b. Hence generally in extended use: to travel, esp. arduously, to make one's way. Frequently trivially. ΚΠ 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxviii. 342 When the police first saw them they were trekking through the scrub. 1912 Standard 20 Sept. 7/1 He [the King] met the whole of the Third Division, who were trekking to their rest camps from their overnight bivouac. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 11 June 13/2 The hungry pilot trekking over the tundra should beware of the liver of the Polar bear. 1955 Times 22 July 9/6 About 35,000 came last year, and more are expected this summer... They come to fish and shoot or to trek in the mountains. ‘Only the English like trekking,’ one agent said. 1976 Oadby & Wigston (Leics.) Advertiser 26 Nov. 7/6 I was surprised as I trekked from shop to shop how much prices varied. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 438 It would mean trekking down to the kitchen again, and..no one appreciates the patter of my little feet. c. transitive. To cover (ground, a distance) by ‘trekking’. South African. ΚΠ 1890 F. Young Winter Tour S. Afr. 118 The ground which I have myself treked. 2. transitive. To draw or drag (a vehicle): said of oxen and other beasts of draught. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [verb (transitive)] > draw vehicle trek1863 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 152 My oxen could not possibly trek my wagon through the heavy sands in their present condition. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 309 We ultimately got the ox tied up to the wagon-wheel,..inspanned him next morning, and he treks well. 1893 H. M. Doughty Our Wherry in Wendish Lands 53 A farm horse..which trekked us for four or five miles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1824v.1850
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