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timber line

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

  See also: timber limit (def. 2)  treeline  (def. 1)  

  • 1887  (1888)  At last I got to timber-line, and from this point upwards the mountain was bare. . . .
  • 1947  This offered an easy way up . . . to a beautiful park area near timberline.
  • 1965  The flat tops of the mountains soon gave way to more jagged peaks that rose far above timberline.

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

  See also: first timber  timber limit (def. 3)  treeline  (def. 2)  tree limit   

  • 1896  How well I remember that birch-tree! And how delighted I was, for I knew by that sign the timber-line was very close.
  • 1934  We had a warm camp that night, as we were still within the timber line.
  • 1965  With the winds of late September . . . the scattered deer bunch into groups once more and move toward the timberline.