DCHP-1 Online
stumping 
1 Obs. n. See quote.
- 1845 In the days of the early settling of the country, marriages were attended with a ceremony called stumping. This was a local way of publishing the banns, the names of the parties and the announcement of the event to take place being written on a piece of paper, and inserted on the numerous stumps bordering the corduroy road. . . .
2 n. the job of removing stumps when clearing land.
- 1896 The best thing they can do will be to . . . encourage the draining, stumping, removing stones and levelling of their fields.
- 1933 The stump fences which are still a characteristic feature of the rural landscape recall many an old-time stumping bee.
- 1845 In the days of the early settling of the country, marriages were attended with a ceremony called stumping. This was a local way of publishing the banns, the names of the parties and the announcement of the event to take place being written on a piece of paper, and inserted on the numerous stumps bordering the corduroy road. . . .