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Barber-chair

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of barber chair (when used attributively). alt-of, alternative

    "Cutting through a limb that's bowed under the weight of the tree will create a mini barber-chair effect and the limb could shoot out at you when you release the pressure by cutting it."

Verb
  1. 1
    To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward. US, Western

    "Once when a tree barber-chaired, this was on a steep hillside, it was a dramatic display of a diving tree."

  2. 2
    To split (a tree) in this manner. US, Western, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the resemblance of a tree split in this way to a barber chair.

Etymology 2

From the resemblance of a tree split in this way to a barber chair.

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