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pack line 
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 tumpline.]
See also: tumpline (and picture)
- 1956 The absence or weak development of pottery and basketry, the use of snowshoes and toboggans in winter and the birch-bark canoe and the packline in summer . . . were characteristic cultural features [of Indians in the Saguenay area, early 17th century].
- 1956 The absence or weak development of pottery and basketry, the use of snowshoes and toboggans in winter and the birch-bark canoe and the packline in summer . . . were characteristic cultural features [of Indians in the Saguenay area, early 17th century].