trachle \TRAH-khuh\,
noun:
1. an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
2. an exhausted or bedraggled person.
verb:
1. to fatigue; tire; wear out.
2. to bedraggle.
"It's getting a sore trachle up thae bits o' braes you have about Craigie. I'm no' so young as I used to be."
-- James Barke, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," 1946
He headed down the middle of the street, his breathing evening out after the trachle across the beach.
-- Ducan McLean, Bucket of Tongues," 1992
While the origin of trachle is unknown, it might be related to the West Flemish tragelen meaning "to walk heavily."
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