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Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a man who takes part in the process of floating or driving logs.
See: driver(def. 1)
Quotations
1853
A few blows . . . with the axe . . . the log snaps in an instant . . . and ere our bold river-driver is jerked half-way to the top of the cliff, scores of logs . . . rush beneath his feet. . . .
1963
The lumber trade furnished employment for thousands of lumber jacks, river drivers, and sailors.