DCHP-3

break-out

Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the removal of key pieces from a pile of logs, permitting them to roll from the landing (def. 1a) into the water for driving or booming.

See: break out,landing(def. 1a)

Quotations

1928
LeClerk came to her cabin with the announcement that one of the rollways was to be dumped, though the break-out had been set for the following day. The big skid had been completed and they were going to try it out.