n. a log below the marketable standard ; a reject.
- 1829  The refuse wood is called culls, and brings an inferior price.
- 1883  Some refractory stick generally some worthless "cull," or rotten, twisted piece . . . is the cause of the whole mischief.
- 1964  They are not always economic because cutting takes place at some distance from a ready market for what the loggers consider undersized or cull sticks.