tumpline en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtʌmplaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From tump + line, "tump" is an apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”).
Meanings
-
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.
The speaker slipped his arms into his pack-harness and adjusted the tumpline to his forehead preparatory to rising.
1918, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 2, in The Winds of Chance:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tump line | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tumplines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
unm hapis (Translations) · aht tsintaeli (Translations) · es mecapal (Translations) · pl bawełniana lub skórzana opaska na czole (Translations) · es bambador (Translations) · fr mecapal (Translations)