overland
adverb
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L196420 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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adj
Etymology: From over + land.
- By or across land.
“Let's take the overland route.”
“So, sir. I desire of you A conduct overland to Milford Haven.”
adv
Etymology: From over + land.
- Over, across, or by land.
“To prevent this, he practised that none of the Companies servauntes shuld be suffered to goe overland with letters.”
“The packet that was coming to us overland, and that left England in July, was cut off by the wild Arabs between Aleppo and Bussora.”
noun
Etymology: From over + land.
- A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
verb
Etymology: From over + land.
- To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
“Not long after, in 1878, Nathaniel Buchanan overlanded cattle from Queensland to Glencoe and Daly River stations in the Northern Territory.”
- To travel across land.
- To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle.
“I don't think any of them had done the backpacker thing and certainly hadn't overlanded through Africa before, as we had.”