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timber ((n.)) Lumbering

n. See 1945 quote.
See also: square timber
- 1844 Already has the rafting of Timber . . . for the Quebec market commenced.
- 1874 The timber intended to be rafted down to Quebec, is . . . built up in drams.
- 1945 In the Quebec export trade the word "timber" had, and still has, a specific meaning not assigned to it by the dictionary. Timber meant tree-trunks brought by the broad-axe to four flat sides. This "stick" tapered slightly, like the tree it had been cut from; for this reason its sides were always measured in the middle of its length.
- 1961 The timber was floated in single pieces down all the numerous tributaries of the Ottawa and then "rafted up" at the mouth of each.