An inclosure formed upon the surface of a stream or other body of water, by means of piers and a chain of spars, for the purpose of collecting or storing logs or timber. Powers’ Appeal, 125 Pa. 175, 17 Atl. 254, 11 Am. St. Rep. 882; Lumber Co. v. Green, 76 Mich. 320, 43 N. W. 576; Gas-per v. Heimbach, 59 Minn. 102, 60 N. W. 1060; Boom Corp. v. whiting, 29 Me. 123
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)