lumbering

Definition of lumbering in English English dictionary: Clumsy or awkward; Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous; The business of felling trees for lumber; slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"; {i} business of cutting down and preparing trees for sale, buying and selling of timber; The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber; the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber; {s} hulking, characterized by an awkward and heavy gait
lumber: Useless things that are stored away
The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, / With loads of learned lumber in his head,.
lumber: Wood intended as a building material
Here they live by fishing on the most plentiful coasts in the world; there they fell trees, by the sides of large rivers, for masts and lumber;.
lumber: {v} to heap carelessly, fill, move heavily
lumber: {n} any kind of useless furniture, timber in general, but chiefly small timber, as boards staves, hoops, scantling
lumber: Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc
lumber: If someone or something lumbers from one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily. He turned and lumbered back to his chair He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry. Collective term for harvested wood, whether cut into logs, heavy timbers, or members used in light-frame construction. Lumber is classified as hardwood or softwood (see wood). The term often refers specifically to the products derived from logs in a sawmill. Conversion of logs to sawed lumber involves debarking, sawing into boards or slabs, resawing into thinner boards of varying sizes, edging, crosscutting to square the ends and remove defects, grading according to strength and appearance, and drying in the open air or in kilns. Drying below the fiber-saturation point results in shrinkage and generally greater strength, stiffness, and density and better prepares the wood for finishing. Preservatives are often applied to protect the wood from deterioration and decay
lumber: To move heavily, as if burdened
lumber: Logs which have been sawn, planed, and cut to length
lumber: Lumber consists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up. It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price
lumber: Any wood product that has been processed by a sawmill and plaining mill Lumber is defined as wood that has not been processed further than what is done by a standard saw and plaining mill
lumber: – solid wood not further manufactured other than sawing, resawing and passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine crosscut to length
lumber: to move clumsily
lumber: To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room
lumber: to load down with things, to fill, to encumber
lumber: The product of the saw and planing mill not further manufactured than by sawing, resawing, passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine, cross- cutting to length, and grading
lumber: wooden boards used in construction
lumber: that which is smaller than heavy timber
lumber: {f} move heavily or awkwardly; make a rumbling sound; accumulate, collect, clutter with useless objects; chop down trees and saw them into rough planks and boards
lumber: {i} trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that have been put in storage; something which encumbers; excess fat
lumber: Any wood product that has been processed by a sawmill and planing mill Lumber is defined as wood that has not been processed further than what is done by a standard saw and planing mill
lumber: To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market
lumber: solid wood not further manufactured other than sawing, resawing and passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine crosscut to length (Forest Management Bureau)
lumber: general term for wood that is cut from a log to
lumber: The product of the sawmill and planing mill not further manufactured than by sawing, resawing, passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine, cross cutting to length, and matching
lumber: wood or wood products used for construction
lumber: To heap together in disorder
lumber: Def - fibrous material from a tree
lumber: To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble
lumber: Timber that has been sawed into planks, boards, etc
lumber: (from Lombard) A pawn-broker's shop Thus Lady Murray writes: “They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came home ”
lumber: another word for boards Long flat thin pieces cut directly from the tree
lumber: A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn
lumber: cut lumber, as in woods and forests
lumber: Lumber is the product of the sawmill and planing mill not further manufactured other than by sawing, resawing, and passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine, crosscutting to length, and matching
lumber: an implement used in baseball by the batter
lumber: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room
lumber: esp
lumber: Wood that has been sawed to a workable size and planed Some matching of ends and edges may be included
lumber: Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value
lumber: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
lumber: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"