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▪ I. rafting, vbl. n.|ˈrɑːftɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. raft v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the vb., in various senses.
1697H. Kelsey Jrnl. 16 Aug. in Kelsey Papers (1929) 95 Our 3 boats went to ten shilling creek to rafting. 1753Washington Jrnl. Writ. 1889 I. 29 Crossing the Creek..was impossible, either by fording or rafting. a1817T. Dwight Trav. New Eng. (1821) II. 167 Their first experiments at rafting..were so often unsuccessful. 1840Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 122 Is not rafting the cheapest mode? 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 256 This rafting had a fascination for me. 1905‘Q’ Shining Ferry i. vi. 69 ‘Have they begun the rafting?’ ‘Bless your life, they've been working all night. There's one raft finished.’ 1920W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor ix. 180 On then swept the floe, crashed into the fixed ice, shattered its edge, rose up out of water over it, which is called ‘rafting’, forced itself on the unfortunate ship. 1967Vogue Jan. 76/1 Jamaica has..skin-diving, rafting, cheap rum. 1975B. L. Fairbank Cruising Guide to Lake Ontario 19 Rafting alongside is accepted practice on crowded weekends, although it is good manners to ask permission of the boat you are coming alongside.
b. Comb. rafting chain, a chain used to bind logs together into a raft; rafting distance, the distance that can be traversed in a raft; rafting-dog, a raft-dog (raft n.1 6); rafting works (see quot. 1969).
1842A. Langton Jrnl. 4 Nov. in Langton Records (1904) 319 His errand..was to get a rafting chain. 1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 244. 1904 Daily Chron. 29 Jan. 3/3 Unlike Crusoe he has no ship within rafting distance filled with everything he might want. 1931Sun (Baltimore) 20 Mar. 10/6 The Mississippi Logging Company..maintained a boarding house..on the way to the rafting works at West Newton. 1969L. G. Sorden Lumberjack Lingo 94 Rafting works, booming grounds. A place where logs are held.
▪ II. rafting, ppl. a.1|ˈrɑːftɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. raft v.1 + -ing2.]
Of ice: that rafts (see raft v.1 5).
1883Hatton & Harvey Newfoundland iii. iv. 311 When they are in danger from ‘rafting’ ice, or fragments of floes..the self-sacrificing affection of the mothers leads them to brave all dangers. 1935Discovery Mar. 77/1 A suitable block-and-tackle is essential in order that the boat may be hauled far enough up the shore to be safe from ‘rafting’ ice. 1966Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 19 Mar. 34/1 Each year..seals congregate on the rafting ice pressing in around the shores of Canada's Magdalen Islands.
▪ III. rafting, ppl. a.2
see raft v.3 |