DCHP-2
timberman Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an owner or manager of a company engaged in lumbering (def. 2).
See also: lumbering (def. 2) lumberman (esp. def. 1a)
- 1889 The trees, where the timbermen have not culled out the finest, are most picturesque.
- 1945 The timber-man . . . picked out the most heavily forested land he could find, provided the timber could be got to the water.
- 1963 This is a statement made by people who should be in a position to know. Among them is J. E. Duffy, a prominent timberman who recently became interested in timber limits at Quatsino.
- 1889 The trees, where the timbermen have not culled out the finest, are most picturesque.