burden basket
burden basket noun: a basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.
Noun
burden basket (plural burden baskets)
- A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.
- A cedar-root burden basket of her own weaving was slung across the woman's back, steadied by a woven pack strap worn across the chest. Women of some tribes wore the strap across their foreheads, pushing their heads forward against the burden's weight.1942, Emily Carr, “East and West”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- […] the hump on some figures' backs may sometimes represent a burden basket, which was employed throughout northern Mexico, and at Hopi was used along with a supporting forehead strap.2007, Dennis Slifer, Kokopelli: The Magic, Mirth, and Mischief of an Ancient Symbol, Gibbs Smith, Chapter 3, p. 109
- Synonyms:
- carrying basket
Synonyms of burden basket
Forms of burden basket
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Questions about burden basket
- What does burden basket mean?
- Burden basket means a basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.
- What part of speech is burden basket?
- Burden basket is a noun.
- What is the plural of burden basket?
- The plural of burden basket is burden baskets.
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