1767 7 109/2 They had built a kind of stragling town, had plenty of brick and raft work, and intended to remain till the return of the French fleet.
1892 ‘B. Hinton’ 200 Liking best the raft-work on the Hudson.
1995 C. D. Totman iii. 54 On such major logging rivers as the Tenryū, Kiso, and Ōi near Kyoto, there were official opening and closing dates for raft work.