Boomhouse
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A building for housing the operator of the winch that controls a boom which is used to control the flow of logs that float downriver to the sawmill.
"In the Mokoman country the most famous jam was that of June, '88, when the booms broke and the piers went out at the boomhouse above Mokoman."
Example
More examples"In the Mokoman country the most famous jam was that of June, '88, when the booms broke and the piers went out at the boomhouse above Mokoman."
Etymology
From boom + house.
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