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rafting up Lumbering, Hist. 
fashioning (timber) into a raft (def. 2).
See also: raft ((n.)) (def. 2) raft ((v.)) (def. 2c)
- 1883 The rafting-up process is an arduous and stirring piece of work. . . .
- 1926 I loved the river life . . . the "drive" in spring and the "rafting up" at Arne Prior or elsewhere, the timber being formed into cribs, securely withed and chained, and united into enormous rafts. . . .
- 1945 This very brief description of the work of "rafting up" timber has taken no account of the human side. . . .
- 1883 The rafting-up process is an arduous and stirring piece of work. . . .