the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Awkward; cumbrous; heavy in action; encumbering.
Rumbling.
n. The business of cutting timber in a forest and preparing it for market.
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adj. slow and laborious because of weight
n. the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
Word Usage
"The buildings look animate, Elizabeth, as though they are about to begin lumbering forward — perhaps to scrape against the wires in order to remove the barnacles."