The action or an act of cutting down (timber); concr. the quantity cut down.
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And then my brothers came and helped some and a neighbour came and helped some. So then he was at um, a silo felling. Like at that time the stooks were in the field and you forked them into the corn cutter. It wasn't like the way they do it now. But he was forking the corn into the cutter and he just dropped dead. |
The action or an act of cutting down (timber); concr. the quantity cut down. |
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Interviewer: Two men to cut down a tree? Speaker: Well one to hold up the outer end of the blade and the other one with the engine so- Interviewer: Huh! Now a lot of people have told me that there is a real skill to felling a tree. Is that true? Speaker: Yes you don't just decide to cut it down and let it fall wherever it wants. You got to cat- cut a notchin it, and wherever possible, you should put the notch below your cut if you're wanting a log out ... |
The action or an act of cutting down (timber); concr. the quantity cut down. |
