Editing Lumber (section)

==History==
The definition of the word ''lumber'' as sawn planks of wood originated in the 17th century in North America.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/lumber-word-history-lombard | title=The Strange Story of 'Lumber' }}</ref>

In 1420, the archipelago of [[Madeira]] was colonized by the [[Portuguese Empire]]. [[Prince Henry the Navigator]] sent settlers to Madeira, who cleared the huge expanses of forest to grow crops. The felled trees were processed at sawmills and shipped to the mainland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cartwright |first1=Mark |title=The Portuguese Colonization of Madeira |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1756/the-portuguese-colonization-of-madeira/ |website=World History Encyclopedia |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Cornelis Corneliszoon van Uitgeest|Cornelis Corneliszoon]] (or Krelis Lootjes) was a Dutch windmill owner from [[Uitgeest]] who invented the first wind-powered sawmill in 1593. This made the conversion of logs into planks thirty times faster than previous manually operated sawmills.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.core77.com/posts/53123/A-Brief-History-of-Wood-Splitting-Technology-Part-3-The-Wind-Powered-Sawmill-That-Changed-Dutch-History | title=A Brief History of Wood-Splitting Technology, Part 3: The Wind-Powered Sawmill That Changed Dutch History }}</ref><ref name="Dehoop">[http://www.dehoopuitgeest.nl/engels/corneliszoonuk.html "Cornelis Corneliszoon van Uitgeest (1550–1607), inventor of the wind powered saw mill", Industrial Heritage Park ''De Hoop''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006214829/http://www.dehoopuitgeest.nl/engels/corneliszoonuk.html |date=2006-10-06 }}</ref>