pedestrianize
verb (used without object)
to go on foot; walk.
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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He had been pedestrianizing for six weeks, and he was glad to rest awhile at Engelthal.
From Roderick Hudson by James, Henry