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tumplines

tumplines is the plural 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

Questions about tumplines

What is tumplines the plural of?
Tumplines is the plural of tumpline.

Words near tumplines in the dictionary

  1. Tumpat
  2. tumped
  3. tumpeng
  4. tumping
  5. tumpline
  6. tumplines
  7. tumps
  8. tumpties
  9. tumpty
  10. tumpy
  11. tums

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