v.
intr. To walk or tramp about; gad: traipsed from one picnic site to another. v.
tr. To walk or tramp over or about: traipsed the countryside, looking for work. n. A tiring walk.
[Perhaps ultimately from Old French trespasser, to trespass; see trespass.]
1593, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal Fr. trepasser "pass over or beyond," from O.Fr. trespasser (see trespass). Or from a source related to M.Du. trappen, dial. Norw. trappa "to tread, stamp" (see trap).