cruise ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

travel through the country to appraise its potential in natural resources.

Quotations

1834-43

I was cruising with another Trapper thro. the timber. . . .

2v. — Lumbering

examine a tract of forest to estimate the value of the timber on it, especially for a logging company.

1912

Stackpole and Dubois had sense enough to cruise in other timber than that surrounding the trading post.

1956

They're going to work on shares, getting out some timber they've been cruising.

3v. — Nfld

See quote.

1933

CRUISING THE FLOE Denotes the search for the seals on foot, often over many miles of ice.