metump (line) N. Amer.
= tump-line.
| 1754 in Coll. New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. (1824) I. 279 The deponent sold the said Indians two shirts, ..and there was next to their skin tied a number of small metump lines, not such as are usually made for tying packs. 1963 W. S. Avis et al. Dict. Canad. Eng., Intermediate Dict. 561/1 Metump, a broad strap or headband that is passed around the forehead and attached to a load carried on the back. |