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tumpline
[ tuhmp-lahyn ]
noun
- a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
tumpline
/ ˈ³ÙÊŒ³¾±èËŒ±ô²¹Éª²Ô /
noun
- (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 calledtump
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tumpline1
Example Sentences
DeJong is a big, burly, bearded Canadian, the kind of guy who wears wool plaid when it�s 90 degrees and still uses a tumpline.
A tumpline is attached to the top of the knapsack straps.
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.
The water was so high that they could run most of the rapids, and stretches that they had formerly toiled up with tumpline or tracking-line they now covered with the speed of a bullet.
Fred slipped the tumpline from his head, slung the sixty-pound pack on the ground, and sat down heavily on the pack.
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