DCHP-2
rafting-channel Lumbering, Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
such a side channel used as a route for rafts and cribs of timber.
See also: snye (def. 1b)
- 1827 (1829) Passing the east end of Merrick's Mill-dam . . . is a snie, which has been converted into a rafting channel.
- 1827 (1829) Passing the east end of Merrick's Mill-dam . . . is a snie, which has been converted into a rafting channel.