1. (verb) (-ia) to drag (a number of objects), tow.
Nō ngā rā tōmua tonu o Oketopa, ka tīmata ngā hōia ki te piki atu mā te rori tōtō kāta e haere atu rā i Ōpōtiki ki ngā pā o Ngāti Ira, ki Te Puia, ki Ōpekerau, ki Te Tarata hoki (TTR 1994:152). / Early in October the soldiers began moving up the road for dragging carts that ran from Ōpōtiki to the Ngāti Ira pā of Te Puia, Ōpekerau and Te Tarata.
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