crib Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1a n.
in the Ottawa Valley especially, one of the small units or assemblages of logs that, in groups of 25 or 30, formed a raft of timber, used in driving from the camps to the mills or shipping points.
See also: dram log crib raft ((n.)) (def. 2 and note) timber crib
1b n. — West
a small raft of logs.
2 n. — Hist.
a framework made of floats (def. 1) and traverses, into which staves were stowed for rafting down the St. Lawrence River from the Great Lakes.
See also: float (def. 1) traverse ((1)) ((n.))