Term: boom (logging)
Definition:
Logs chained together at ends to form a corral to hold logs in water until ready for refloating, reshipping or sawing. Also a group of logs pulled together by heavy boom sticks for transporting by water. View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org
View pictures relating to logging at Wisconsin Historical Images.
[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956)
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