DCHP-1 Online

axeman † 

• n. a man who makes his living in the bush working with his axe, especially a logger skilled in felling trees.

  See also: faller  

  • 1786  (1905)  For the future no extra charges for chain or ax-men will be allowed.
  • 1880  A staff of . . . axemen, voyageurs, etc. were to be engaged during the summer in the upper part of the Province.
  • 1964  The modern feller is an artist with a power saw and the axe-man is becoming almost a legend.