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Lumber — Lum ber, 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 Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lumber kiln — Lumber Lum ber, 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 Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lumber room — Lumber Lum ber, 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 Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lumber wagon — Lumber Lum ber, 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 Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lumber — lumber1 [lum′bər] n. [< ? LOMBARD: orig., pawnbroker s shop or storeroom, hence pawned articles in storage, hence stored articles, hence lumber] 1. miscellaneous discarded household articles, furniture, etc. stored away or taking up room ☆ 2.… … English World dictionary
lumber — {{11}}lumber (n.) timber sawn into rough planks, 1660s, Amer.Eng. (Massachusetts), earlier disused bit of furniture; heavy, useless objects (1550s), probably from LUMBER (Cf. lumber) (v.), perhaps influenced by Lombard, from the Italian… … Etymology dictionary
lumber — 1. v.intr. (usu. foll. by along, past, by, etc.) move in a slow clumsy noisy way. Derivatives: lumbering adj. Etymology: ME lomere, perh. imit. 2. n. & v. n. 1 disused articles of furniture etc. inconveniently taking up space. 2 useless or… … Useful english dictionary
lumber — lum|ber1 [ˈlʌmbə US ər] v [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language.] [Sense: 2 3; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: LUMBER2] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to move in a slow, awkward way lumber up/towards/into/along… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lumber — lumber1 verb move in a slow, heavy, awkward way. Origin ME lomere, perh. symbolic of clumsy movement. lumber2 noun 1》 Brit. disused articles of furniture that inconveniently take up space. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. partly prepared timber. verb 1》 (usu … English new terms dictionary
dimensional lumber — Lumber Lum ber, 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 Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
