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2007 December 29, Linda Barnard, “Train trek carries travellers over New Zealand's alpine backbone”, in Toronto Star, page T9:
It's a popular spot for hikers, or trampers as they call them here.
(manufacturing) A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors.
1995, W.S. Anthony, D.W. Van Doorn, Douglas Herber, “Packaging Lint Cotton”, in Cotton Ginner's Handbook, →ISBN, page 123:
The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.
(nautical) A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner.
2005, Robert C. Keither, Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History, →ISBN, page 194:
A Greek ship wants 30 pounds of feta cheese, a British tramper requests five cases of steak and kidney pies, a Japanese auto carrier orders 75 pints of boiled octopus, […]
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).
