DCHP-3

timber-cruising

Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the work of a cruiser (def. 1).

Quotations

1908
. . . Higgs and I went timber-cruising up Coola Inlet.
1954
He had learned to map land and figure the cordage of standing trees during three seasons with a timber-cruising outfit in the west end of the county. . . .
1958
The public will see firefighting equipment--and be given explanations of timber cruising and timber sale inspections.
1961
When a helicopter did turn up it was taken over for most of a day by a local logging interest to go timber cruising.