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tump line

tump line is the alternative form of tumpline.

Meaning of tumpline

Noun

tumpline (plural tumplines)

  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.
    • 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 of tump line

pluraltump lines

Questions about tump line

What is tump line the alternative form of?
Tump line is the alternative form of tumpline.

Words near tump line in the dictionary

  1. tumourously
  2. tumours
  3. tumoursphere
  4. tumourspheres
  5. tump
  6. tump line
  7. tump lines
  8. tumpang
  9. Tumpat
  10. tumped
  11. tumpeng

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tump line (page history and authors); tumpline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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