This page gathers the 64 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Forestry”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- barber chair noun A tree which splits vertically while being felled, causing part of the tree to remain upright while the remainder of the tree falls.
- beat up noun A tree planted later than others in a plantation.
- beech snap noun The breakage in wind at a height of about 5 meters of the trunk of a mature beech tree (Fagus grandifolia) weakened by disease, such as…
- blowdown noun Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
- breastheight noun The typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.
- buck verb To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
- bucking noun The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
- bunch noun A group of logs tied together for skidding.
- candle noun A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no…
- canopy noun The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
- cant noun A parcel, a division.
- chainsaw noun A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.
- chicot noun A tree or tree limb that is dead and may fall and cause injury.
- clear cut adj Having had all trees cut.
- cooking liquor noun A liquid used to process pulpwood and make pulp, being called white liquor in its unused form, and black liquor after processing (after…
- crossover noun The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
- crown noun The top of a tree.
- cruise verb To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
- dead stand noun A stand of trees that have died.
- debark verb To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.
- delibration noun The act of stripping off bark.
- doghair noun Pine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.
- drag path noun A skid trail or skid road; a narrow, temporary path created or used by forestry machinery (skidders) to drag felled trees or logs from the…
- falseheart noun Wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.
- filler noun Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
- fully-stocked adj Containing as much tree growth as resources allow.
- grove verb To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
- hardwood noun The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
- harvester noun A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.
- hot spot noun A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.
- hydric adj Sufficiently wet to inhibit the survival of many species.
- jackpot noun A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
- kickback noun An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and…
- mast verb To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
- mensuration noun The use of quantitative measurements of forest stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.
- overstand verb To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
- rotation time noun The time allowed to elapse between successive occurrences of a stand of trees being logged.
- salvable adj Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
- schoolmarm noun A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.
- seed tree noun A tree selected to produce seed for reforestation, especially a superior tree left standing at the time of cutting.
- silvics noun The study of the characteristics of trees, including especially their role in the ecology of their forest habitats; such information…
- silvopasture noun A forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze.
- skid road noun A rough cleared right of way with logs embedded cross-wise on which logs being harvested would slide or be dragged or skidded.
- skidding noun The logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest.
- slackline noun A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension.
- slashing noun slash (woody debris)
- snig verb To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
- softwood noun The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
- staddle verb To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.
- stand noun A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of…
- stocking noun A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
- superdominant adj Rising above the general level of the overstory.
- thinning noun Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants
- torchman noun A member of a firefighting team who ignites back fires.
- travois noun A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground.
- tree cookie noun A preserved horizontal cross-section of a tree trunk or limb, often demonstrating the physical structure and growth rings of the source…
- unbuttressed adj Not buttressed; having a trunk without a flared base
- undercanopy adj That live under a canopy
- white liquor noun A strongly alkaline caustic white liquid composed mainly of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in the production of wood pulp in…
- widow-maker noun The detached or broken limb of a tree, a hazard to those walking underneath.
- windsnap noun The breaking of the bole of a tree by the wind.
- windthrow noun The uprooting and/or overthrowing of a tree caused by the wind.
- yarder noun A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
- yield noun The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.