Definition of Lumberings

1. lumbering [n] - See also: lumbering

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumberings

lumbar veins
lumbar vertebra
lumbar vertebrae
lumbars
lumber
lumber jacket
lumber room
lumber yard
lumber yards
lumbered
lumberer
lumberers
lumbering
lumberingly
lumberings
lumberjack
lumberjack breakfast
lumberjack shirt
lumberjack shirts
lumberjacked
lumberjacket
lumberjackets
lumberjacking
lumberjacks
lumberjill
lumberjills
lumberless
lumberly
lumberman

Literary usage of Lumberings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rural Life of England by William Howitt (1838)
"Then, the sound of woods and waters; the mysterious sighings and moan- ings, and lumberings, that winds and other causes occasion amongst the old walls and ..."

2. The Fredoniad, Or, Independence Preserved: An Epick Poem on the Late War of 1812 by Richard Emmons (1832)
"No longer welcome thunders peal to heaven, But mournful lumberings to their tones are given; » The fifes, the hautboys ..."

3. The Rural Mind and Social Welfare by Ernest Rutherford Groves (1922)
"Then, the sounds of woods and waters; the mysterious sighings and meanings, and lumberings, that winds and other causes occasion amongst the old walls and ..."

4. Justice Through Simplified Legal Procedure by Carl Kelsey, Henry Wynans Jessup (1917)
"... left altogether at the mercy of the indifference of counsel and the lumberings of a system of notification which dates back to the day when the farmer ..."

5. A Study of Death by Henry Mills Alden (1895)
"... in a Vision of the Night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In ¡lumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men And sealeth their instruction, ..."

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