Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through. · An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flūmen Old French flumbor. Middle English flum English flume From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).
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