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bag boom
Esp. West Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a type of boom (def. 3b) used in towing logs, especially pulp sticks, loosely packed and enclosed by linked boom logs. Such a boom assumes a baglike shape under tow. See picture at boom.
Quotations
1958
Bag booms filled with millions of feet of logs pattern their harbours.
1958
Trucks rolling on sixteen powerful tires to dump tons of 20- to 30-foot logs into bag booms pounded its gravel to powder.