trod

verb

1. (form-of, past)simple past of tread
2. To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread

   “Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason”

   “It renders the paths, and the banks of the bayous in that region almost impassable in autumn, until the cattle have trodded it down.”

   “They bore him to his chamber, where he lay all pale and tearless, like some broken reed, Some helpless shrub, all crushed and trodded down”

   “Yet alas! I see around me the trodding of the same old paths, each trying to excel the other how to ape the good old ministers who were "very much liked by their parishioners."”

   “Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path.”

noun

1. A track or pathway.

   “In many ways this process replicates the stone trods or pannierways which date from the mediaeval period and are a feature of many parts of the North York Moors.”