DCHP-1 Online
butt ((n.)) Lumbering 
n. the thickest part of a felled tree or of a log, being that part of the erect tree nearest the roots.
See also: butt-end (def. 1)
- 1932 . . . the Boss would pick out a tree for spokes, cut it down, sample the butt cut, and if not satisfied, cut another and let the first one rot.
- 1957 Men with little axes and hand saws cut pulp logs and marked their names on the butts.
- 1932 . . . the Boss would pick out a tree for spokes, cut it down, sample the butt cut, and if not satisfied, cut another and let the first one rot.