DCHP-3

jumper ((1))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1an.

See 1921 quote.

Quotations

1812
They had not gone far when the Indian drew their attention to the tracks of a jumper in the snow.
1834
. . . after five or six miles we fell in with a sort of vehicle called a jumper which we purchased for the enormous sum of one dollar.
1921
In winter time, travel was by way of snowshoes, dog-sled, or jumper. A jumper is a low, short, strong sleigh set upon heavy wooden runners and hauled by ox, horse, men or dogs.
1964
. . . early settlers from the vicinity of Meaford and Owen Sound brought their grists in home-made sleighs called jumpers, which were hauled by oxen. . . .
1bn.

a similar vehicle used as a stoneboat.

See: stoneboat,travois(def. 3)

Quotations

1905
When ripe it was cut with the sickle, bound in sheaves, and taken on the umper to the threshing-floor.
2n.

the Rocky Mountain mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus hemionus.

Quotations

1948
When going at full speed the [mule] deer travels with a peculiar bounding gait that has given to it the name of "jumper".
1958
When alarmed, mule deer have the habit of making vertical jumps; this has gained for them the name "jumper."
3n.

a jumping mouse, Zapus princeps, of the Rocky Mountain region.

Quotations

1946
During the winter the Jumpers are said to go underground for greater warmth, their hibernation period lasting six months.