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timber berth 
a tract of forested land the bounds of which have been established by the government, which leases or sells the rights to fell and remove timber.
See also: timber limit (def. 1a)
- 1837 The selling of Crown lands by auction--and the disposal of the timber berths of the same process, thereby preventing settlement of the country, inasmuch as the poor settler would not be able to compete with the capitalist.
- 1957 Last year, the mission bought a sawmill and set it up on a timber berth just north of the Sunchild reserve buildings.
- 1837 The selling of Crown lands by auction--and the disposal of the timber berths of the same process, thereby preventing settlement of the country, inasmuch as the poor settler would not be able to compete with the capitalist.