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Boom pin. A wooden plug used to fasten to boom sticks the chain, rope, or withe 



which holds them together. (Gen. ) 

 Boom rat. One who works on a boom. (N. F.) 

 Boom stay. A heavy weight used to anchor booms in deep water; its position 



is indicated by a pole or float attached to it. (N. F.) 

 Syn. : boom buoy. 

 Boom stick. A timber which forms part of a boom. (Gen.) 

 Bottle butted. See Swell butted. 

 Bottom sill. See Mudsill. 

 Brail, v. To fasten logs in brails. 

 Brail, n. A section of a log raft, six of which make an average tow. (L. S. ) 



Syn.: block. (S. F.) 

 Brake sled. A logging sled so constructed that, when the pole team holds back, a 



heavy iron on the side of each runner of the forward sled is forced into the 



roadbed. (N. F.) 

 Brand, n. See Mark. 

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



W., L. S.) 

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



Breastwork log-. See Fender skid. 

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

 Bridle, n. 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. ) 

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



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

 Broadleaf, a. See Hardwood. 

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



fastened. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: draw skid, lead log. 

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



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

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



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



it freezes. (N. F. ) 

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

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



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

 Bucker, n. 1. One who saws felled trees into logs. (P. C. F. ) Syn. : cross cutter. 



2. One who brings or carries. See Buck. 

 Buckwheat, v. See Hang up, to. 

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

 Bull chain. 1. A very heavy chain, to which a number of short chains, with 



hooks on one end and dogs on the other, are attached. It is used to draw logs 



from the mill pond up the gangway. (Gen.) 

 2. See Jack chain. 

 Bull cook. See Chore boy. 



