DCHP-3

stump ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Obs.

in the stumps, of towns, in a region recently cleared of trees.

Quotations

1849
Some idea may be formed of the newness of the "location" of London "in the stumps," when I say that two or three bears from the woods sauntered through the streets at night when we were there, and one of them on passing looked curiously at a sentry.
2n.

on the stump, of timber, not yet logged.

Quotations

1956
". . . my uncle Geoffrey marrit a Hagget girl that owned five thousand acres o' prime white pine timber on the stump."