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string measure Lumbering, Hist. 
a system for measuring waney pine to determine the average circumference for reckoning purposes.
- 1945 There was bit timber to be had at first; the 1873 cut was over 21" string measure.
- 1945 This difficulty was solved by a method known as "string measure."
- 1945 There was bit timber to be had at first; the 1873 cut was over 21" string measure.