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timber-cruising Lumbering

• n. the work of a cruiser (def. 1).

  See also: cruiser (def. 1)  cruising  timber-hunting  woods-cruising  

  • 1908  . . . Higgs and I went timber-cruising up Coola Inlet.
  • 1954  He had learned to map land and figure the cordage of standing trees during three seasons with a timber-cruising outfit in the west end of the county. . . .
  • 1958  The public will see firefighting equipment--and be given explanations of timber cruising and timber sale inspections.
  • 1961  When a helicopter did turn up it was taken over for most of a day by a local logging interest to go timber cruising.