| 单词 | river-driver |
| 释义 | river-driver N. Amer.
[f. river n.1 + driver 2.]
(See quot. 1848.) Hence ˈriver-drive, a drive of logs down a river; ˈriver-driving, the action of driving logs down a river.
1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1859) 368 River-Driver, a term applied by lumbermen in Maine, to a man whose business it is to conduct logs down running streams, to prevent them from lodging upon shoals or remaining in eddies. 1854F. J. Bullard Now-a-Days 65 River drivin' is the pootiest part of loggin', I think. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 141 This was M.., a famous river-driver, and who was to have fifty men under him next winter. 1893Scribner's Mag. June 714/1 Every river driver wore a long red sash. 1908S. E. White Riverman v. 50 How does river-driving strike you? 1920Rod & Gun in Canada Nov. 646/1 We were enjoying the sights we saw along the line: the lakes, rivers, the river-drives. 1937C. M. Wilson Aroostook 105 The ‘river-drives’ were the consummation of turning out the timber. 1963Canada Month Nov. 22/1 The lumber trade furnished employment for thousands of lumber jacks, river drivers, and sailors. 1972[see pickpole s.v. pick n.1 8]. 1974D. Sears Lark in Clear Air ii. 27 He..got a job as boss on a river-drive. Ibid. xiv. 178 Tommy bought a new pair of river-driving boots. |
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