trampling en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.
The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
1895 October, Louis de Conte, translated by [Jean François Alden] [pseudonyms; Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)], “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. […]”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XCI, number DXLV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →ISSN, [book I], part II, chapter XVI, page 746, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tramplings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (2)
mi takahanga (the act of stamping, stomping or tramping on something) · es pisoteando (the act of stamping, stomping or tramping on something)