FOREST TERMINOLOGY 7 



Break out, to. 1. To start a sled whose runners are frozen to the ground 



(X. W., L. S., N. W.) 

 2. To open a logging road after a heavy snowfall. (X. W., L. S.) 

 Breastwork log. See Fender skid. 

 Briar, it. A crosscut saw. (Gen.) 

 Briar dress. See Spring set. 

 Bridle, n. 1. A device for controlling the speed of logs on a skid road. It 



consists of a short rope with two hooks at one end, which are driven into the 



first log of the turn; at the other end is a clamp which runs over the cable. 



(P.C.F.) 



2. A device for controlling the speed of logging sleds. It consists of a 



chain or clevis placed around the forward end of the rear sled runners. 



(X.W.) 

 Bridle man. One who follows a turn of logs down the skid roatl and tends the 



"bridle." (P.C.F.) 

 Bright sap. Sap which is not stained. (Gen.) 

 Broadleaf, a. Sec Hardwood. 

 Brow, n. See Landing. 

 Brow skid. 1. The chief beam in a frame to which tackle for loading logs on 



ears is fastened where a gin pole is not used. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: draw skid, lead log. 

 2. A large log, placed parallel with the railroad track, which forms the 



front part of a landing used for loading logs onto ears. (P. C. F.) 

 Brush. See Slash. 

 Brush a road, to. To cover with brush the mudholes and swampy places in a 



logging road, to make it solid. (N. F.) 

 Brusher, n. On an operation where stave bolts are being made, one who cuts and 



piles limbs from felled trees. (S. F.) 

 Brush out, to. To clear away the brush from a survey line, gutter road or other 



logging road. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: bush out,- to. 

 Brush snow fence. A snowbreak to protect a logging road; used most commonly 



on wide mmshcs. It consists of brush which is set upright in the ground 



before it freezes. (X. F.) 

 Brutting crew, A crew which rolls logs down slopes too steep for teams. (App.) 

 Buck, n. See Chore boy. 

 Buck, (I. (Turp.) A term usually applied to a cup or box during the third 



season the tree is bled. Occasionally the term is applied to cups or boxes dur- 

 ing the second season. (S. F.) 

 Buck, V. 1. To saw felled trees into logs. (P. C. F., N. W.) 



2. To bring or carry, as to buck water or wood. (Gen.) 



3. In hewing half-moon cross-ties, the stick of timber is hewed to a size of 

 07 X 12 inches and is then "bucked" or split with a broadax into two half-moon 

 ties. (S.F.) 



Bucker, ». 1. One who saws felled trees into logs. (P. C. F., E. M. F.) 

 Syn.: cross-cutter (P.C.F.), log maker (S. F.). 

 2, One who brings or carries. See Buck, v. 

 Bucking board. A spring l)oard used in bucking large timber. (P.C.F.) See 



S|)riiig board. 

 Bucking chute. A short pole chute at a landing, in which double-length logs ara 



bucked licfore being loaded. (Cal.) 

 Buck swamper. See King swamper. 

 Buckwheat, r. Srr Hang up, to 

 Buckwheater, n. A novice at lumbering. (Gen.) 



