Rampike
/ˈræm.paɪk/noun
A dead or blasted tree, especially one standing upright with a bare trunk and few or no branches.
Did you know?Rampike is an old forestry word for a dead, branchless tree, and its eerie shape made it useful in describing stripped, blasted, or lightning-killed timber.
Etymological Timeline
Unknown early origin
English
rampike
“A dead or blasted tree standing with a bare trunk”
17th Century
English
rampike
“Used in forestry and land descriptions for a stripped or bare standing tree”
Middle English
English
rampik
“An earlier form of the same term, referring to a bare, branchless tree”
Uncertain
Unknown
ramp- + -pike
“Likely a compound or altered form whose exact origin is not securely established”