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holding boom Lumbering 
a large enclosure formed by logs chained together and used for holding floating logs, pulpwood, etc. until ready for transporting to a mill.
See also: boom ((1)) ((n.)) (def. 2) booming ground(s) ((2)) pond (def. 3)
- 1799 [They are cut upon the banks of the river Welland, and floated down to its mouth, where there is a reservoir made by a chain of logs.]
- 1958 J. D. Roberts, woods manager, pointed out that the portion which broke was the lead or "sheer" boom and not the main holding boom . . . into which the floating logs are funnelled by the lead booms.
- 1964 When the flow of the river is down to about 50,000 to 60,000 cubic feet per second, they are allowed to go to the holding boom at Maugerville, near Fredericton. There the logs are sorted from the pulpwood, and both logs and pulpwood are towed separately in booms down river to the mill.
- 1799 [They are cut upon the banks of the river Welland, and floated down to its mouth, where there is a reservoir made by a chain of logs.]