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booming ground(s) ((2)) 2 Lumbering 
that part of a river, lake, or ocean where logs are dumped to be gathered into booms (def. 3), or where booms and rafts of logs are held.
See also: boom ((1)) ((n.)) (def. 3) holding boom
- 1883 The raft has now been placed in the "booming" ground in the slough above the mill.
- 1958 . . . Pacific Veneer acquired two acres of land at the junction of the Quesnel and Fraser rivers for use as booming grounds for peeler logs, a collecting place for shipment to Vancouver.
- 1963 Truck-load of logs ready for dumping at the booming-ground.
- 1883 The raft has now been placed in the "booming" ground in the slough above the mill.