wooding

As Malays, or natives, are employed in those hot climates to do the hard work on board ship, as Kroomen are on the coast of Africa -- such as wooding and watering -- we had more leisure time than we should otherwise have enjoyed.

Old Jack William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Dad arrives, tractor chain in hand, and I drive attached to his beat-up blue Chevrolet with dents from pulp-wooding, the truck that my cousin and I drive to downtown Magee.

Why Should I Stand for Jesus 2008

At our wooding-place, a mile above the Ruo, the water was three feet higher than it was when we were here in June; and on the night of the 6th it rose eighteen inches more, and swept down an immense amount of brushwood and logs which swarmed with beetles and the two kinds of shells which are common all over the African continent.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

On the evening of the 11th, when Mr. Cook went on shore to see how those of his people conducted their business, who were employed in wooding and watering, he was informed that an axe had been stolen.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

On the 31st, our voyagers having completed their wooding, and filled their water casks, Mr. Cook sent out two parties, one to cut and make brooms, and another to catch fish.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The business of wooding and watering having been completed on the 30th, and the ship being ready for the sea, the point now to be determined was, what rout should be pursued in returning home, that would be of most advantage to the public service.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

On the evening of the 11th, when Mr. Cook went on shore to see how those of his people conducted their business, who were employed in wooding and watering, he was informed that an axe had been stolen.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The business of wooding and watering having been completed on the 30th, and the ship being ready for the sea, the point now to be determined was, what rout should be pursued in returning home, that would be of most advantage to the public service.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

On the 31st, our voyagers having completed their wooding, and filled their water casks, Mr. Cook sent out two parties, one to cut and make brooms, and another to catch fish.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

She would sleep for an hour, rise and scrub the floor, or go wooding in the middle of the night.

Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959