| 单词 | banking ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbanking ground banking ground n. North American (now historical) (a piece of) land beside a river or railway where logs are piled, ready for transportation; cf. bank v.1 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > place where logs enter river rollway1820 skid1851 slide1858 banking ground1863 1863 Catal. 525,000 Acres Pine Timber Lands (St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal Company) p. xix It is..so situated, as to afford easy and natural access to the water with ample banking ground at various points along both streams. 1880 Lumberman's Gaz. 28 Jan. The banking ground is about 125 feet above the bed of the river. 1904 Booklovers Mag. Dec. 837/1 The timber is hauled to the banking-ground beside a river or railroad. 2011 M. Freeman Drifting i. 48 Stacking on gradient ensured an easier time come winter, when the logs were piled on sleds for the banking grounds. < as lemmas |
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