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

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rampike

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

In the dust, a big rampike slanted, broke, and plunged.

From Northwest! 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

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

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