Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumpline

/ˈtʌmplaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tumpline
IPA: /ˈtʌmplaɪn/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"The speaker slipped his arms into his pack-harness and adjusted the tumpline to his forehead preparatory to rising."

Etymology

From tump + line, "tump" is an apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

tumplines (plural) tump line (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tumpline?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌmplaɪn/.
What does tumpline mean?: 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.
Where does tumpline come from?: From tump + line, "tump" is an apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”).

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