DCHP-2

logger † Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a person whose occupation is logging.

  See also: logging (def. 2)  log-rider  lumberer (def. 2)  lumberjack (def.1)  lumberman (def. 2)  timber-beast  timberjack  

  • 1853  They are generally known by the name of Lumber-men, or Loggers.
  • 1963  In Lower Canada scores hid out in the sugaring huts and loggers' shanties in the bush.
  • 1966  Several thousand loggers are affected [by delays caused by snow in B.C.]

• 2 n.

  a tracked vehicle used for hauling logs.

  See also: skidder (def. 3c)  

  • 1955  These broad-tracked loggers are geared to the ground, can go into mud-clogged stands and come out with money-making loads.