DCHP-3

road-maker

Lumbering, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

n.

a logger employed in cutting roads and, often, in trimming branches from felled trees.

See: swamper(def. 1)

Quotations

1891
. . . he would much rather be a chopper, or teamster, or road maker. . . .
1961
The head-swamper or road-maker extended the roads into the forest as work progressed so teamsters could haul back to the roll-way.