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timber limit Lumbering

• 1a n. 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: berth (def. 1)  coal limit  limit  lumber claim  timber berth  timber claim  timber concession  

• 1b n. a tract of forested land suitable for commercial lumbering; a stand of timber.

• 2 n. on a mountain, the line beyond which trees do not grow.

  See also: timber line (def. 1)  timberline   

• 3 n. the line north of which trees do not grow; the line where the Barrens begin.

  See also: timber line (def. 2)  timberline