lumber slide

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Obs.

an artificial sluiceway down which logs or cribs may be directed to avoid rapid, falls, or other obstructions in a river.

See: slide(def. 1a).

Quotations

1826

. . . the north side [of the river] is not available owing to the existence of our lumber slides.