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timber claim Esp. B.C.

• 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)  tree claim  

  • 1926  Every timber claim that has been logged off in B.C. during the past fifteen years is a veritable firetrap.
  • 1954  The timber claim they were after was only three miles down the road. . . .