pump logn.
/ˈpʌmp ˌlɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈpəmp ˌlɔɡ/, /ˈpəmp ˌlɑɡ/ U.S. Now chiefly historical.
A hollowed log used in the construction of a pump or as a water pipe.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > for water > types of
suspiral1420
quillc1433
boss?1521
susper1532
fountain-pipe1664
pump log1816
wash-out1903
tie-line1949
dead leg1953
1816 N. Amer. Rev. 3 429 He declared also, that the mill for grinding apples, which is an overshot and is fed by a pump log..would often stop during the day.
1858 D. K. Bennett Chronol. N. Carolina 108 He had some men repairing pump-logs, through which water was carried from the mountain side to his hotel.
1879 F. R. Stockton Rudder Grange xvi. 235 He looked like he'd been drawn through a pump-log.
1902 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 28 Dec. 16 Underground cisterns were built,..such cisterns being filled and kept full..by a supply from pump logs leading to them.
a1921 J. Burroughs My Boyhood (2001) 121 The water reached the wheel through a piece of old pump log three or four feet long.
1950 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 2 Sept. 4 There are grandfathers and grandmothers who still remember the pump logs that brought water.
Compounds
Objective, as pump log borer, pump log boring, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > other woodworkers
rough-hewer1574
hoop-shaver1688
timber-taster1803
spaller1843
pump log borer1857
stamp-cutter1858
creosoter1889
timberman1890
worm-eater1890
slabby1907
1857 Ohio Cultivator 1 Jan. 9/2 If a pump log borer were run through the heart of the stick lengthwise, it would be a still further prevention of cracking.
1950 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 2 Sept. 4 Is there still a pump log line in service? Probably not.
1965 E. Tunis Colonial Craftsmen iii. 40 Such a one was the pump-log borer—his trade seems to have no generic name—who made wooden pumps and wooden pipes by boring holes lengthwise through logs.
1980 Syracuse Herald Jrnl. 30 Sept. c8/5 There will also be demonstrations of blacksmithing, log hewing, shinglemaking,..pump log boring, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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