Quick links

booming place

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

that part of a river, lake, or ocean where logs are dumped to be gathered into booms (def. 3), or where booms and rafts of logs are held.

See: boom ((1)) ((n.))(def. 3),booming ground(s) ((2))

Quotations

1883

The slough south of the mill site becomes narrower for a short distance and then widens out into another deep bay, and forms a natural booming place for millions of logs.