timber line

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

on a mountain, the line beyond which trees do not grow.

See: timber limit(def. 2),treeline (def. 1)

Quotations

1887

At last I got to timber-line, and from this point upwards the mountain was bare. . . .

1947

This offered an easy way up . . . to a beautiful park area near timberline.

1965

The flat tops of the mountains soon gave way to more jagged peaks that rose far above timberline.

2n. — North

the line north of which trees do not grow; the line where the Barrens begin.

1896

How well I remember that birch-tree! And how delighted I was, for I knew by that sign the timber-line was very close.

1934

We had a warm camp that night, as we were still within the timber line.

1965

With the winds of late September . . . the scattered deer bunch into groups once more and move toward the timberline.