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timber-ground Lumbering, Obs. 
n. one of a number of coves on the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec, where square timbers, staves, spars, etc. for export were stored in booms for trans-shipping after being rafted down from the lumber camps.
See also: timber cove
- 1815 Westward of this place is another inlet called Ritchie's Cove, and to eastward another spacious timber-ground called Atkinson's, in each there are convenient booms and other securities.
- 1815 Westward of this place is another inlet called Ritchie's Cove, and to eastward another spacious timber-ground called Atkinson's, in each there are convenient booms and other securities.