tramping

American  

[tram-ping] / ˈtræm pɪŋ /

noun

1. hiking, especially on trails having huts at regular intervals for hikers to use overnight.

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Etymology

Origin of tramping

First recorded in 1810–20; tramp + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Left, right, left, right, endlessly tramping to drive the chill from weary legs.

From Literature

They sang mostly the folk songs we had sung together through those long nights tramping through the dark.

From Literature

Then she was on her feet, tramping the ditch at a brisk pace and trying to work out of the rope around her before the horse broke into a trot.

From Literature

As the last hour's tramping drew to a close and the rocks of the Mountain's foothills loomed large and sharp, the sun was already warm on Rowan's back.

From Literature

Only in the past couple of years, Sansom explained, did watchful staff members start swooping in to “borrow” Bamberger’s chain saw whenever they caught him tramping around the property with one.

From The Wall Street Journal