Dictionary entry

Trek

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Trek (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trekked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See Track, n.] 1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.

2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate.

One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. James Bryce.