rutch

intransitive verb

ˈru̇ch

-ed/-ing/-es

: to move with a crunching or shuffling noise

no sound except the rutching of heavily loaded bare feet on the paving stones

—Talbot Mundy

Word History

Etymology

German rutschen to slide, slither, from Middle High German rützen, rütschen

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