headload

headload
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun
: a load carried on the head

women stagger under headloads that would shatter the spines of pack mules — Time

the primitive method of headloads is still used to convey the cacao to road or rail — A.W.Knapp


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