logging

[law-ging, log-ing]

noun

1. the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs log 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.

logging

/ ˈlɒɡɪŋ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of logging¹

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; log ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Global equities mostly fell, with the Nikkei logging its worst day since April.

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Gorillas are a critically endangered species due to hunting, the exotic pet trade and loss of habitat from logging and mining.

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The report also highlighted persistent but overlooked levels of forest degradation, where land is damaged but not razed entirely, mostly owing to logging, road building and fires lit to clear land.

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She’s been on staff at the magazine since 1992, logging articles about a road in Bangkok, Thomas “painter of light” Kinkade, a touring gospel group — the list is impossibly broad and long.

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The newspaper ad, from 1996, features a man logging on to his home computer to trade stocks.

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