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

Slipping furtively from rampike to rampike, now creeping, now worming his way like a snake, he made good time down to the very edge of the level.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

He took it from his comrade and, striding forward, attacked the nearest rampike.

From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold

"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

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

Half a handful of these served for the moment to cajole his hunger, and he pressed briskly but warily along the ridge, availing himself of the shelter of every rampike in his path.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir