rampike
[ ram-pahyk ]
nounChiefly Canadian.
a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
Origin of rampike
1First recorded in 1585–95; origin unknown
- Also called ram·pick [ram-pik], /ˈræmˌpɪk/, ram·pole [ram-pohl]. /ˈræmˌpoʊl/.
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How to use rampike in a sentence
The hollow was thick with young spruce and white birch, clustered about a single tall and massive rampike.
The Backwoodsmen | Charles G. D. RobertsShe could see, in a broken fashion, to the very foot of the rampike, across which lay a huge fallen trunk.
The Backwoodsmen | Charles G. D. RobertsAnd she found the small-headed swift-footed stag scratching himself against a bare oak rampike.
Legends of Saints & Sinners | Douglas HydeFrom the cape of rock towered a bleak, storm-whitened rampike, which had been a pine tree before the lightning smote it.
The Heart of the Ancient Wood | Charles G. D. RobertsAs for the meat, rampike and Steve could help him bring that in, later on.
Gold, Gold, in Cariboo! | Clive Phillipps-Wolley
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