logging

[ law-ging, log-ing ]
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noun
  1. the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.

  2. Nautical. a deduction from the pay of a sailor, made as a fine or forfeit and recorded in the logbook of the ship.

Origin of logging

1
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; log1 + -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for logging

logging

/ (ˈlɒɡɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the work of felling, trimming, and transporting timber

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