n. [ Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a
They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lumber kiln,
Lumber room,
Lumber wagon,
dimensional lumber,
v. i.
v. t.
n. One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.;
. Maine; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]