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• Timber rafting — is a log transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river. It is arguably the second cheapest method of transportation of timber, next after log driving. Both… …   Wikipedia

• Timber slide — A timber slide is a device for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls. Their use in Canada was widespread in the 18th and 19th century timber trade. At this time, cut timber would be floated down rivers in large timber rafts from logging camps… …   Wikipedia

• Raft — Raft, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof. Cf. {Rafter}, n.] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Raft bridge — Raft Raft, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof. Cf. {Rafter}, n.] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Raft duck — Raft Raft, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof. Cf. {Rafter}, n.] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Raft port — Raft Raft, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof. Cf. {Rafter}, n.] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Raft (disambiguation) — Raft may refer to:*Raft, a flat floating structure for travel over water *Raft (novel), a Stephen Baxter science fiction novel *RAFT (chemistry), reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer *The Raft (comics), a fictional prison facility in… …   Wikipedia

• Raft — Raft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rafting}.] To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• raft — Ⅰ. raft [1] ► NOUN 1) a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform. 2) a small inflatable boat. 3) a floating mass of fallen trees, ice, etc. ► VERB ▪ travel or transport on or as if …   English terms dictionary

• raft-port — raftˈ port noun (in ships) a large port for timber • • • Main Entry: ↑raft …   Useful english dictionary

• raft|er — raft|er1 «RAF tuhr, RAHF », noun. a slanting beam of a roof: »He held the ridgepole up, and spiked again The rafters of the Home (Edwin Markham). ╂[Old English ræfter] raft|er2 «RAF tuhr, RAHF », noun. a person who rafts timber …   Useful english dictionary