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stub ((n.)) 
n. a tall, dead tree, especially one that is blackened and branchless from being caught in a forest fire.
See also: rampike
- 1924 I saw them [woodpeckers] entering dark holes in lofty dead trees, or branchless stubs, impossible for a small boy to climb.
- 1933 . . . every mile or two there is a broken-off stub. . . .
- 1965 [Caption] Park Rangers . . . keep the portage trails open. Here they get rid of a "widow-maker," a dead stub hung up over the trail.
- 1924 I saw them [woodpeckers] entering dark holes in lofty dead trees, or branchless stubs, impossible for a small boy to climb.