'treck' definitions:
Definition of 'treck'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of 'treck'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]