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woodlot

• 1 n. a tract of land left uncleared on a farm and used as a source of wood, and as a grazing area for cattle.

  See also: bush ((n.)) (def. 2)  

  • 1922  Here and there some wood-lot rang to the sound of an axe.
  • 1945  A mixed lot . . . had come into Toronto by rail--gleanings from the wood-lots of "old" Ontario.
  • 1965  In the area north of the Bay of Quinte we have a few such woodlots, which have been cared for over several years. . . .

• 2 n. a relatively small holding of forested land which is used as a source of wood for commercial purposes.

  • 1951  We could hear the hollow ring of Dudley's ax from his woodlot a quarter-mile inland when we passed his cabin on our way to the river.
  • 1954  After breakfast he took his axe and crosscut saw and put in the morning at the woodlot.
  • 1963  The next 10 recommendations deal with . . . use of woodlot products, building of windbreaks and snow fences.