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tump ((n.))†

[< Algonk.; cf. Abenaki mādumbī pack strap]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of harness for carrying heavy loads, drawing on a tracking line, etc., consisting of a leather strap that is broad at the middle and tapers at both ends, the broad band being placed around the forehead (or chest) and the two ends attached to the pack or other load. [See picture at tumpline.]

See: tumpline,tump strap

Quotations

1829

[The voyageurs, who are chiefly Canadians, fix the pieces on their backs with a thong of leather, a broad piece coming over the head, against which the brow leans. . . .]

1947

[Caption] . . . with the tump on one's head as shown, the result would be a very sore neck.