English Explanatory Dictionary

tumpline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A strap used to carry objects tied to its ends by placing the broadened or cushioned middle of the strap over the head just above the forehead.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʌmplaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tumpline.wav

Word forms

tumpline tumplines tump line

Etymology

From tump + line, "tump" is an apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”).

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