DCHP-1 Online
lay ((v.)) Lumbering 
v. haul (logs) from the cutting site and pile them ready for dumping into the river in the spring.
- 1896 They . . . with yoke chain and crotch, could lay many pieces [of lumber] a day on the river.
- 1912 "I laid my logs on it last winter," he went on.
- 1896 They . . . with yoke chain and crotch, could lay many pieces [of lumber] a day on the river.