verb
- transporting or conveying (logs, ore, or other material) through a flume
- constructing or installing a flume
Usage: present participle of 'flume'; chiefly historical or technical
Usage: present participle of 'flume'; technical
noun
- the act or process of transporting material through a flume
Usage: gerund form; chiefly historical
Examples
- Gold miners used fluming to move ore from the hillside to the processing plant.
- The company invested in fluming infrastructure to improve efficiency.
- Fluming logs down the mountain was a common practice in the timber industry.
- Engineers spent months planning the fluming system for the new dam.
- The fluming of water through the aqueduct supplied the town's needs.