单词 | lumber-yard |
释义 | > as lemmaslumber-yard lumber-yard n. North American a timber-yard. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > timber-yard timber-yard1482 wood-fold1570 lumber-yard1786 balk-yard1823 chantier1823 1786 Maryland Jrnl. 4 Apr. Lumber-yard, at the head of Baltimore Bason. 1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 23 The timber, or (as the term is here) lumber yards, are not on that large and compact scale with which, in England, our friends C— and M— are familiar. 1835 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 291 Men of business delighted..in seeing the fine river obstructed by logs and slabs, and every corner wearing the appearance of a lumber-yard. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 207 Connected with the machinery is a lumber yard. 1961 W. E. Greening Ottawa 108 The district close to the lumberyards was full of waterfront dives. 1973 C. Williams Man on Leash (1974) iv. 52 Lew was..running a lumberyard and building supply here. < as lemmas |
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