DCHP-2

log scaler scaler DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Forestry, especially British Columbia

  an occupation in the lumber industry of someone who measures cut logs to estimate the amount of lumber each log can produce (see Image 1).

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — Though the occupation of log scaler is not unique to Canada (see Chart 1), it bears special significance in relation to Canada's long economic dependence on forestry. The term is most frequent in British Columbia (see Chart 2).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "log scaler", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "scaler" (n.³ (2), which is marked "Lumber-trade", DAE, s.v. "scaler" (1), which is marked "Lumbering", DA, s.v. "scale" (v., 2), which is marked "Lumbering", W-3, s.v. "scaler" (2a).