DCHP-3

swamping

Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

n.

the work done by a swamper (def. 1).

See: swamper(def. 1)

Quotations

1908
"I'll take you off swamping and give you a job barking up at the head of the new skid-road."
1943
The only swamping a teamster should normally be required to do is the clearing of a by-pass around a deteriorated section of a trail, or perhaps to swamp a short cut. . . .