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lumber(1) (iou) and Childebert II (sh)


lumber(1) (iou)



lumber noun1. M16.
[Perh. from LUMBER verb1, but at one time assoc. with LUMBER noun2.]
Disused articles of furniture etc. taking up room inconveniently, or removed to be out of the way; useless odds and ends; useless or cumbrous material. M16.
Pope Loads of learned lumber in his head. R. Gittings An immense amount of accumulated lumber to pack and dispose.
Timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise partly prepared. Chiefly N. Amer. M17.
Superfluous fat, esp. in horses. E19.
Comb.: lumber baron N. Amer. a leading or wealthy timber merchant; lumber-camp (chiefly N. Amer.) a camp in which lumberjacks live; lumberjack (chiefly N. Amer.) a person who works with rough timber or lumber, esp. a feller and dresser of forest timber; lumber-jacket a warm hip-length jacket fastening up to the neck, of a type worn by lumberjacks; lumberman (chiefly N. Amer.) a lumberjack; lumber-port (a) a porthole in the bow or stern of a ship for loading or unloading timber; (b) a seaport from which timber is shipped; lumber-raft a raft made of logs, boards, etc.; lumber-room a room in which disused articles of furniture etc. are kept, a room for useless odds and ends; lumber town N. Amer. a town chiefly engaged in the timber trade; lumber trade (chiefly N. Amer.) the trade in rough timber; lumber-wagon N. Amer. a springless wagon of a type used for hauling timber; lumber-yard N. Amer. a timber-yard.

Childebert II (sh)




born 570
died Dec. 595

Merovingian king of Austrasia (575-95) and king of Burgundy (592-95).

(See Merovingian dynasty.) He inherited the eastern Frankish kingdom of Austrasia on the death of his father, Sigebert I, and was dominated by his mother in the early years of his reign. His uncle, Guntram of Burgundy, adopted Childebert as his heir in 577. When he came of age he purged the Austrasian nobility (584) and launched a series of unsuccessful campaigns against the Lombards of Italy. He became ruler of Burgundy on his uncle's death in 592.