DCHP-3

feller

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a person whose work is to fell trees.

See: faller

Quotations

1872
A crew of lumberers have different occupations assigned to them; the "fellers," cut down the trees and trim them; the "swampers," who "swamp"--cut roads--to the felled trees to enable the "teamster" and his assistants to haul them on a "Bob sled"--two sleds working independently and joined by chains. . . .
1964
The modern feller is an artist with a power saw and the axe-man is becoming almost a legend.