DCHP-1 Online
deadwood Obs. 
n. a tall, dead tree, especially one that is blackened and branchless from being caught in a forest fire.
See also: rampike
- 1853 It [the osprey's nest] can be seen when the woods are open . . . and the more easily, as the tree upon which it is built is always a "dead wood," and therefore without leaves to conceal it.
- 1853 It [the osprey's nest] can be seen when the woods are open . . . and the more easily, as the tree upon which it is built is always a "dead wood," and therefore without leaves to conceal it.