DCHP-3

sawlog

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a log suitable for processing in a sawmill.

Quotations

1799
The saw logs are conveyed to this mill in a very remarkable manner.
1826
Upon Saw Logs of the proper length to be cut into Deals, Two pence upon each Log.
1883
The square timber and sawlogs are lying many tiers deep on the ice, or piled up on the bank. . . .
1964
A.R.M. Lower . . . describes a typical sawlog gang as "two sawyers and three choppers, the latter's duties being at first to fell and to top the limbs, the sawyers cutting into lengths."