Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trek"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trek \Trek\, n. [Written also {treck}.] [D. Cf. {Track}, n.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trek
n 1: (South African) 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, esp. 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"
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