Trek v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trekked p. pr. & vb. n. Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [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 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]