34 TERMS USED IN FORESTRY AKD LOGGING. 



Corner binds. Four stout chains, used on logging sleds, to bind the two outside 



logs of the lower tier to the bunks, and thus give a firm bottom to the load. (N. F. ) 

 Corner man. In building a camp or barn of logs, one who notches the logs so that 



they will fit closely and make a square corner. (N. F.) 

 Coupling grab. See Grapples. 

 Crab, n. A small raft bearing a windlass and anchor, used to move log rafts upstream 



or across a lake. (N. F., S. F.) 

 Cradle, n. A framework of timbers in which ocean-going rafts of logs are built. 



(P. C. F.) 

 Cradle knolls. Small knolls which require grading in the construction of logging 



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

 Crazy chain. The short chain used to hold up that tongue of a sprinkler sled which 



is not in use. (N. F. ) 

 Crib, 71. Specifically, a raft of logs; loosely applied to a boom of logs. (X. F. ) 

 Crib logs, to. To surround floating logs with a boom and draw them by a windlass 



on a raft (a crah), or to tow them with a steamboat. (N. W., L. S. ) 

 Cross cliains. Chains connecting the front and rear sleds of a logging sled. (N. F. ) 

 Cross cutter. See Bucker. 



Cross haul. The cleared space in which a team moves in cross hauling. (N. F. ) 

 Cross haul, to. To load cars or sleds with logs by horsepower and crotch or load- 

 ing chain. (Gen.) 

 Crotch, V. To cut notches on opposite sides of a log near the end, into which dogs 



are fastened. (P. C. F. ) 

 Crotch, n. See Dray. 



Crotch chain. A tackle for loading logs on sleds, cars, or skidways by cross haul- 

 ing. (Gen.) 

 Crotch tongue. Two pieces of wood, in the form of a V, joining the front and rear 



sleds of a logging sled. (X. W., L. S. ) 

 Cruise, v. To estimate the amount and value of standing timber. (Gen.) 



Syn. : estimate, value. 

 Cruiser, n. One who cruises. ( Gen. ) 



Syn. : estimator, land looker, valuer. 

 Cull, n. Logs which are rejected, or parts of logs deducted in measurement on 



account of defects. (Gen. ) 

 Cut, n. A season's output of logs. (Gen.) 

 Cut a log, to. To move one end of a log forward or backward, so that the log will 



roll in the desired direction. (Gen. ) 

 Cut off. An artificial channel by which the course of a stream is straightened, to 



facilitate log driving. (N. F. ) 

 Deacon seat. The bench in front of the sleeping bunks in a logging camp. (N. F. ) 

 Deadener, n. A heavy log or timber, with spikes set in the butt e'nd, so fastened 



in a log slide that the logs passing under it come in contact with the spikes and 



have their speed retarded. (Gen. ) 

 Beadliead, /(. A sunken or partly sunken log. (Gen.) 



Syn.: sinker (Gen.), bobber (X. F. ). 

 Deadman, n. A fallen tree on the shore, or a timber to which the hawser of a 



boom is attached. (N. F., P. C. F.) 

 Deadwater. See Stillwater. 



