DCHP-1 Online
go on timber Lumbering, Obs. 
move on to the logs floating downstream in a drive (def. 1a), especially during a jam (def. 2).
See also: drive ((n.)) (def. 1a) jam ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1883 In his easy going way . . . he hopped about from stick to stick . . . no doubt thinking it no great matter after all "to go on timber."
- 1883 In his easy going way . . . he hopped about from stick to stick . . . no doubt thinking it no great matter after all "to go on timber."