Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trample \Tram"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trampled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Trampling}.] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See
   {Tramp}, v. t.]
   1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by
      treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. --Dryden.

            Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
            trample them under their feet.        --Matt. vii.
                                                  6.

   2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper.

Source : WordNet®

trampling
     n : the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the
         trample of many feet" [syn: {trample}]