lumbering

lum·ber ¹  (lmbr)

n.

1. Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length.

2. Something useless or cumbersome.

3. Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles.

v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers

v.tr.

1.

a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber.

b. To cut down the timber of.

2. Chiefly British To clutter with or as if with unused articles.

v.intr.

To cut and prepare timber for marketing.

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[Perhaps from lumber².]

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lumber adj.

lumber·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lumbering - the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
Adj.	1.	lumbering - slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" ponderous, heavy heavy-footed - (of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk"

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lumbering

adjective awkward, heavy, blundering, bumbling, hulking, unwieldy, ponderous, ungainly, elephantine, heavy-footed, lubberly