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room Nfld. 
1 n. Hist. See 1954 quote.
See also: ship-room
- 1620 [They] doe cut downe many of the best trees they can finde, to build their stages and roomes. . . .
- 1954 A man's fishing property--flakes, stages and stores--was known as his room.
- 1964 A fishing establishment employing about twelve or more producers would divide them into a fishing crew and a smaller shore crew, the latter remaining [at] the "room" to "put away" (split and slat) the "voyage of fish," and later to "make" (sun-dry) it.
2 n. See quote.
- 1948 Fishing off Labrador is carried on by fishermen who leave Newfoundland in May or June and reside at "rooms" (buildings used by the fishermen) on various parts of the Labrador coast until the close of the season.
- 1620 [They] doe cut downe many of the best trees they can finde, to build their stages and roomes. . . .