DCHP-3

timber-maker

Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a person whose occupation is logging.

See: logger(def. 1),make timber

Quotations

1945
The timber-maker did not fell a tree to save it from fire--rather he left "slash" in the forest which greatly increased the risk of fire.
1946
The timber merchants . . . [bought] square timber and deals from the timber-makers and the lumbermen . . . [to] ship them to England.