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timber chute Lumbering, Hist. 
an artificial sluiceway down which logs or cribs may be directed to avoid rapids, falls, or other obstructions in a river.
See also: slide (def. 1a)
- 1933 At some timber chutes, notably that at the Cedars on the St. Lawrence, rafts and men were sometimes temporarily submerged during their progress.
- 1965 [Caption] A vestige of the early lumbering period: old timber chute at Moose Bay, Crooked Lake.
- 1933 At some timber chutes, notably that at the Cedars on the St. Lawrence, rafts and men were sometimes temporarily submerged during their progress.