tump

[ tuhmp ]

/ tʌmp /

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noun British Dialect.

a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.

a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, especially rising from a swamp or bog.

a heap or stack, as a haystack.

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Origin of tump

First recorded in 1580–90; of obscure origin

Words nearby tump

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How to use tump in a sentence

These tump lines supported rather bulky wooden boxes running the lengths of the men's backs.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
At this moment two men swung up the river trail, bending to the broad tump lines that crossed the tops of their heads.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
Tump-line, tump′-līn, n. a strap across the forehead or breast by means of which a burden is carried through the Canadian forests.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Then there was a girding up of the loins, a getting out of tump-lines and canvas packs, and the long portage was begun.
Crooked Trails|Frederic Remington

And we have both the tump and the church of Exmes thrown in ἐν παρέρλῳ.
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine|Edward A. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for tump

tump

/ (tʌmp) /

noun

Western English dialect a small mound or clump

Word Origin for tump

C16: of unknown origin

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