To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.

the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"

tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"

To trample generally means to crush underfoot. Stampeding animals often cause injury to people by trampling them. During the Middle Ages, horses were sometimes trained to trample opposing soldiers.