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bull-hook Lumbering 
n. See 1958 quote.
- 1919 There are very few railroad camps in this neck of the jungles which do not boast of having the best yarding engineer that ever took the slack out of a bull-hook.
- 1958 Bull hook--a. An old time heavy, open choker hook. Not satisfactory, chokers were always falling out. b. A skidding hook used on skylines. c. A big hook once used on the butt rigging in some skyline systems.
- 1919 There are very few railroad camps in this neck of the jungles which do not boast of having the best yarding engineer that ever took the slack out of a bull-hook.