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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Fred uttered a wild shout, slipped the tumpline from his head, and ran forward.
From Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock
A tumpline is attached to the top of the knapsack straps.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
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 Rex Ellingwood Beach
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 Dillon Wallace
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 Frank Lillie Pollock
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