DCHP-2
chopping Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1 n.
the operation of cutting down trees in clearing a farm in the bush.
- 1832 (1953) . . . we had cleared twenty acres of the land for wheat, and during the successive operations of brushing, chopping, logging, burning and fencing--my father was obliged to hire workmen.
- 1912 . . . at this moment in sprang Harry, black from the chopping.
- 1963 A logging bee logically followed a chopping, but it was often delayed till summer.
2 n.
a holding of bush land cleared or being cleared of trees to make it ready for cultivation; also, the trees felled on such land.
- 1834 (1926) My choppers had not yet returned and as we had a few days of dry weather I was afraid to lose the opportunity and resolved to burn their chopping without them.
- 1852 The spring was middling dry and I had a good burn on the highest part of the chopping.
- 1896 . . . he hastily constructed a block house of a few logs from the chopping.
- 1832 (1953) . . . we had cleared twenty acres of the land for wheat, and during the successive operations of brushing, chopping, logging, burning and fencing--my father was obliged to hire workmen.