DCHP-3

stumping

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1Obs. n.

See quote.

Quotations

1845
In the days of the early settling of the country, marriages were attended with a ceremony called stumping. This was a local way of publishing the banns, the names of the parties and the announcement of the event to take place being written on a piece of paper, and inserted on the numerous stumps bordering the corduroy road. . . .
2n.

the job of removing stumps when clearing land.

Quotations

1896
The best thing they can do will be to . . . encourage the draining, stumping, removing stones and levelling of their fields.
1933
The stump fences which are still a characteristic feature of the rural landscape recall many an old-time stumping bee.