chopper

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a man employed to fell trees and clear bush land for cultivation.

Quotations

1828

A good chopper will chop an acre of moderately heavy timber in a week. . . .

1960

Hitherto he had had local fame [in Upper Canada] as a "chopper"--a mighty man with an axe. . . .

2n. — Lumbering

a skilled axeman.

See: axeman

1854

The hay cutters then proceed to the timber grove to make ready for the choppers, hewers and scorers. . . .

1881

About fifty choppers arrived by Wednesday's train, en route for the tie camps.

1964

Felling was done with an axe by men called choppers.