TERMS USED IN LOGGING 475 
Bunk hook. The hook attached to the end of the bunk on a logging car, 
wliich may be raised to hokl the logs in pkice or lowered to release them. 
(Gen.) 
Bunkhouse, ?!. The sleeping quarters of a logging crew. (Gen.) 
Bunk load. A load of logs not over one log deep; i.e., in which every log 
rests on the bunks. (Gen.) 
Bunk spikes. Sharp spikes set upright in the bunks of a logging sled to hold 
the logs in place. (N. F.) 
Burton, n. In logging, a tackle composed of two or more blocks which is 
used to increase the hauling power of the pulling hne. The log is attached 
to a block in the bight of the running part. (P. C. F.) 
Bush a road, to. To mark the route of a logging road across a marsh or the 
ice by setting up bushes. (X. F.) 
Busher, n. See Swamper. 
Bush monkey. One who piles tanbark. (Cal.) 
Bush out, to. See Brush out, to. 
Butt, n. The base of a tree, or the big end of a log. • (Gen.) 
Butt chain. See Bitch chain. 
Butt chain block. See Bull block. 
Butt cut. 1. The first log above the stump. (Gen.) 
Syn.: butt log. (Gen.) 
2. In gathering tanbark, the section of bark taken from the butt of a 
tree before felling it for further peehng. (N. F.) 
Butt hook. The hook bv wliich the cable is attached to the tackle on the 
logs. (P. C.F.) 
Butt line. See Bitch chain. 
Butt log. See Butt cut. 
Butt off, to. 1. To cut a piece from the end of a log on account of a defect. 
(Gen.) 
Syn.: long butt, to. (P. C F., App., N. W.) 
2. To square the end of a log. (N. F.) 
Buttress, n. A wall or abutment built along a stream to prevent the logs in 
a drive from cutting the bank or jamming. (Gen.) 
Syn.: crib. (App.) 
Butt team. See Wheelers; Snub-j'^oke. 
Cableway skidder. A power skidding de\ace, a distinguishing feature of 
which is a main cable, suspended between a head spar tree and a tail tree, 
on which the trolley travels which whollj- or partiallj' elevates the logs from 
the ground. (Gen.) 
Sj-n.: aerial .skidder, flj'ing machine. (P. C. F.) 
Cache, n. A storehouse for logging camp supphes. (E. C.) See Head- 
quarters. 
Camboose, n. A fireplace in the center of the early logging camps of Eastern 
Canada, which served both for cooking and for heating purposes. (E. C.) 
Camp car. A flat car equipped with seats and used to haul loggers back and 
forth between camp and the logging operation. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: cattle car, muUigan car. (P. C. F.) 
