hutting-timbers

Updated: June 26, 2025

"We'll lay an embargo on all the baggage-animals in camp. Take the whole lot down to Balaclava, and lay hands on every scrap of timber." "As to clothing, sir, an uncle of mine has come up with a heavily-laden ship hutting-timbers mostly, but he may have some spare blankets, sailors' pea-jackets, jerseys, and so forth." "And boots, long boots or short all kinds will be acceptable.

Arthur Griffiths - The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood