overland
overland Lexical Profile
overland Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Proceeding, accomplished, or transported across land rather than by sea or air.
"The pioneers embarked on a long overland journey across the Great Plains in covered wagons."
• adverb
By, on, or across land rather than by water or air.
"Because the coastal ports were blocked by winter ice, the supplies had to be transported overland."
• verb
To travel long distances across remote terrain by land, typically in a self-reliant off-road vehicle.
"They spent six months overlanding from Alaska down to the southern tip of South America."
Australian To drive livestock long distances across open country to new pastures or markets.
"The drovers overlanded three thousand head of cattle from Queensland to the southern markets."
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the early 17th century as a compound of the preposition "over" and the noun "land" (from Old English "ofer" and "land"), originally arising from the adverbial phrase "over land."