rampike

American  

[ram-pahyk] / ˈræmˌpaɪk /

noun

Chiefly Canadian.

1. a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.

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Etymology

Origin of rampike

First recorded in 1585–95; origin unknown

Example Sentences

Hain't had no time tew disputate,   Except with axe an' arm, With stump an' rampike and with stuns,   Upon my half clar'd farm.

From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Crawford, Isabella Valancy

She could see, in a broken fashion, to the very foot of the rampike, across which lay a huge fallen trunk.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

The sound jarred upon Carroll’s nerves, as the thud of the felled rampike had not done, but Vane picked up one of the chips and handed it to him.

From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold

Typographical errors corrected in text: Page 61:  siegneurial replaced with seigneurial Page 84:  protuding replaced with protruding Interesting words in this document: A rampike is an erect broken or dead tree.

From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John

"The vein runs out on the face of a cliff, 'bout forty paces from the first rampike pine; there's three or four rampikes, but the fire hadn't gone far into the bush."

From The Lure of the North by Bindloss, Harold