tumpline

[ tuhmp-lahyn ]

noun
  1. a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.

Origin of tumpline

1
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) + line1

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British Dictionary definitions for tumpline

tumpline

/ (ˈtʌmpˌlaɪn) /


noun
  1. (in the US and Canada, esp formerly) a leather or cloth band strung across the forehead or chest and attached to a pack or load in order to support it: Also called: tump

Origin of tumpline

1
C19: from tump, of Algonquian origin + line 1; compare Abnaki mádǔmbi pack strap

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