DCHP-1 Online

carrying-strap

• n. 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 trumpline.

  See also: tumpline  

  • 1847  (1947)  The boat they had was made of . . . dressed parchment, similar to the men's carrying straps which he saw here.
  • 1893  My load, which I carried on my back, supported by the carrying-strap from my forehead, was heavy, but my heart was light. . . .
  • 1939  He . . . threw his canoe cross-wise on his shoulders and suspended it from his forehead by a carrying strap, keeping it steady with his hand.