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TIMBERJACK [1 record]

Record 1 2003-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A person whose occupation is logging.

OBS

logging: the business or occupation of felling and sawing trees and of transporting them to sawmills, lumberyards, etc.

OBS

"Terms of the Trade" (DEATR), a handbook from Random Lengths Publications, points out that the word "lumberjack" is applied to workers in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada while in all other parts of North America "logger" is more common.

Key term(s)
  • woodsman
  • wood worker
  • bush worker
  • forest worker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Personne dont le métier est d'abattre des arbres dans une forêt.

CONT

Bûcheron [...] Abat les arbres, coupe, empile et traîne les billes dans un petit chantier d'abattage [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Explotación forestal
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