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timber ((n.))
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1945 quote.
See: square timber
Quotations
1844
Already has the rafting of Timber . . . for the Quebec market commenced.
1874
The timber intended to be rafted down to Quebec, is . . . built up in drams.
1945
In the Quebec export trade the word "timber" had, and still has, a specific meaning not assigned to it by the dictionary. Timber meant tree-trunks brought by the broad-axe to four flat sides. This "stick" tapered slightly, like the tree it had been cut from; for this reason its sides were always measured in the middle of its length.
1961
The timber was floated in single pieces down all the numerous tributaries of the Ottawa and then "rafted up" at the mouth of each.