pinery

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a stand of pine trees, especially one exploited for timber.

Quotations

1783

There are two fine pineries two or three miles from the water's edge where large masts may be procured.

1882

Its timber . . . possesses an economic value far exceeding the pineries on the upper lakes.

1952

Its "pineries" formed the source of much of the timber which came down the Ottawa River.