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

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.

From Los Angeles Times

But now the hordes of tourists disgorged by the railway every few minutes are taking their toll, tramping across the pastures towards the lake and crushing the flowers.

From BBC

I’ve just spent a week tramping across Venice, a city of more than 250 churches, and where did I encounter the most doctrinaire catechism?

From New York Times

The difference is that picking up tickets in person was not an ordeal like tramping through a blizzard to get to a one-room schoolhouse.

From Seattle Times

Sometimes his characters resided in a romantic fantasy, while — not infrequently — they also found themselves tramping through one of McCarthy's famously hellish fever dreams.

From Salon