Tramp

tramp, v.t. to tread, to travel over on foot: ( Scot. ) to tread clothes in a tub of water so as to cleanse them.— v.i. to walk, to go on foot: to wander about as a vagrant.— n. a foot-journey: a vagrant: a plate of iron worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.— n. Tramp′er .— vs.i. Tram′pous , Tram′poose , to tramp about.— n. Tramp′-pick , an iron pick forced by the foot into the ground. [M. E. trampen ; an extension of trap , trip ; cf. Ger. trampen .]