DCHP-2
timber drive Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a specific collection of logs being floated downstream at high water from the timber limits to a mill or shipping point.
See also: drive ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1954 "Don't you see the 'Main John' striding in the Lead? / Clear-eyed strong and fearless, kith of Bluenose breed; / First to bring a timber-drive through the wild Grand Falls. . . ."
- 1957 He had heard only vague rumors of the old timber drives in the days of Peter Emberley.
- 1954 "Don't you see the 'Main John' striding in the Lead? / Clear-eyed strong and fearless, kith of Bluenose breed; / First to bring a timber-drive through the wild Grand Falls. . . ."