Definitions for tumpline

tumpline tump·line

Spelling: [tuhmp-lahyn]
IPA: /ˈtʌmpˌlaɪn/

Tumpline is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in tumpline (eilmnptu).

Definitions for tumpline

noun

  1. a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.

Origin of tumpline

1790-1800; tump (earlier mattump, metomp Southern New England Algonquian proto-Eastern Algonquian *mat- empty root appearing in names of manufactured objects + *-a·pəy string) + Examples for tumpline

This is known as a tumpline, and consists of a band of leather to cross the head, and two long thongs to secure the pack.

One night one of them ate a piece out of my tumpline, which was partially under my head, while I slept.

Word Value for tumpline
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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