Definition of Tumplines

1. Noun. (plural of tumpline) ¹

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Definition of Tumplines

1. tumpline [n] - See also: tumpline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumplines

tumourless
tumourlets
tumourlike
tumourous
tumourously
tumours
tump
tump over
tumped
tumphies
tumphy
tumpier
tumpiest
tumping
tumpline
tumplines (current term)
tumps
tumpy
tums
tumshie
tumshies
tumtums
tumular
tumulary
tumuli
tumulose
tumulosities
tumulosity
tumulous

Literary usage of Tumplines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White (1907)
"To cany tumplines. this outfit with any degree of comfort, be sure to get it low, fairly in the small of the back or even just above the hips. ..."

2. Indian Battles, Captivities, and Adventures: From the Earliest Period to the by John Frost (1859)
"I was a novice at making canoes, bunks, and tumplines, which was the only occupation of the squaws; of course, idleness was among my calamities. ..."

3. Indian Narratives: Containing a Correct and Interesting History of the by Henry Trumbull, Zadock Steele (1854)
"I was a novice at making canoes, bunks, and tumplines, wliich was the only occupation of the squaws ; of course, idleness was among my calamities. ..."

4. History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement to by Samuel Thomas Worcester (1879)
"3d., " an It appears from the above certificate, fhat twenty-five of these men lost their knapsacks, twenty-three their tumplines,* eight their guns, ..."

5. The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace (1907)
"One double barrel 12-gauge shotgun; two ten-inch barrel single shot .22 caliber pistols for partridges and small game; ammunition; tumplines; three fishing ..."

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