DCHP-3

lumber raft

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large assemblage of square timbers, spars, etc. arranged in any of several ways according to the conditions of the waterways used. [ See picture at raft n. def. 2]

See: raft ((n.))(def. 2)

Quotations

1878
The pine-knots still however have their uses in lighting up the caboose fires on the lumber rafts. . . .
1961
Never before had lumber rafts from the Ottawa River region been floated to Quebec City from any point above the Long Sault Rapids. . . .