Glossary

A glossary of terms related to walking. Compiled by the community.

Glossary of walking art

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There are currently 5 definitions in this directory beginning with the letter T.
Tabanvay
(Turkish) It connects taban (meaning sole in English) and the English word way, thus meaning sole-way.
Submitted by: Nazlı Tümerdem
Thumberol Gongquod
"making love with the soles of your feet”’ - John Cowper Powys, from his novel Porius, page 465, where in his imagined language of the aboriginal Cewri of Cader Idris, “Gongquod” means “the earth”, and “thumberol” means “to tread amorously”.
Submitted by: Jane Harwood
Traipsing / to traipse
from Yorkshire
Submitted by: Karen Smith
Trodding / to trod
from Yorkshire
Submitted by: Karen Smith
trogging
Mix of trudge & slog. In Lancashire we “trog up t’hill”.
Submitted by: Karen Alderson


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