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cadge crib [? < cadge, v., carry, transport] Lumbering, Hist. 
a raft equipped with a windlass driven by horse-power and having the function of drawing, by means of a cable, booms of logs to a desired anchoring spot.
- 1947 Mort once saw McCoshen getting some of his square timber through the Narrows. His "cadge crib" was a raft worked by horses, and it took a long time to drag the heavy booms out through the East Arm to the flowing waters of the Openongo River.
- 1947 Mort once saw McCoshen getting some of his square timber through the Narrows. His "cadge crib" was a raft worked by horses, and it took a long time to drag the heavy booms out through the East Arm to the flowing waters of the Openongo River.