tumpline
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tumpline
1790–1800; tump (earlier mattump, metomp < Southern New England Algonquian < proto-Eastern Algonquian *mat- empty root appearing in names of manufactured objects + *-a·pəy string) + line 1
Example Sentences
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This is known as a tumpline, and consists of a band of leather to cross the head, and two long thongs to secure the pack.
From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward
He knew that there would be long portages where they would have to carry the supplies with a tumpline; and he also knew that nothing is so wearing on a novice.
From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie
Fred slipped the tumpline from his head, slung the sixty-pound pack on the ground, and sat down heavily on the pack.
From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie
One night one of them ate a piece out of my tumpline, which was partially under my head, while I slept.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
The speaker slipped his arms into his pack- harness and adjusted the tumpline to his forehead preparatory to rising.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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