footslog

noun, verb — 2 senses

footslog

noun

Etymology From foot + slog.

1

An instance of footslogging.

... which had resulted in a number of the older and weaker felons being weeded out in view of the prospective rigours of a lengthy footslog to Siberia.1998, Richard John Evans, Tales from the German Underworld: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth Century:
My lovely ramble through the bright woods, as I had been fooling myself, gave itself over to the sober truth: became a slippery footslog through the gloom, ...2001, Molly Gloss, Wild Life:

footslog

verb

Etymology From foot + slog.

1

to walk heavily over a long distance or in a weary manner; to trudge

Romans, cursing in full armour, had to fight and footslog two thousand miles overland to Britain.1967, John David Stewart, Gibraltar: The Keystone:
The bush is too thick. We will have to footslog up the side.1996, Wilbur A. Smith, The Seventh Scroll:

1 more example

Dick went by train to Voi and then proceeded to footslog across the Serengeti Plains to Taveta.1998, Peter Hathaway Capstick, Warrior: The Legend of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen:

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