overland
/ˈoʊvɚlˌænd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.23 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
verb
To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
Australian usage; Transitive verb
verb
To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Let's take the overland route."
- "So, sir. I desire of you A conduct overland to Milford Haven."
- "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."
- "Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush."
- "It is unclear whether the Peshin sayyid traveled overland or by ship to Bombay from where he accompanied the goods by sea to Karachi or one of the smaller ports in Sind, then overland to Bela, Kelat, Qandahar, Kabul, and Bukhara."
Etymology
From over + land.