Logging
['lɒgɪŋ] or ['lɔɡɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Log
(n.) The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- The company has its own logging crews that cut the timber and pile it on flat cars, whence it is transported over a private railroad until it arrives at the company sawmills. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In order to move these heavy logs, therefore, it was necessary for the woodsmen to get rid of the bark, the undergrowth and the branches, which, in logging parlance, is known as slash. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the early days of logging, when modern machinery was not available, the woodsmen were confronted with the problem of moving tremendously heavy trees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Inputed by Huntington