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booming ((n.))
Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the practice of penning logs in booms.
Quotations
1958
The few Indians employed by sawmilling enterprises on the Coast work in local plants situated on tidewater, as in North Vancouver and Port Alberni. They are concentrated in booming and to a lesser extent, green chain and loading gangs, which are about the only jobs in sawmilling that fulfil their preferences for outdoor work. . . .
1965
Clear cut, thinning, pre-logging and salvage operations will be explained [at logging school] as will be the layout of a high lead setting, road grading, industrial road driving and booming.