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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a barrier of logs or other timbers linked by chains and serving to restrain or enclose floating logs, pulpwood, etc.
See: boom ((1)) ((n.))
Quotations
1912
Now . . . on the left the river is gliding, a wide glassy tide spreading away to where dusk is thickening on the log-booms. . . .
1966
Log booms, loose logs, and boom boats were swept out of the bay.