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barber-chair en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of barber chair (when used attributively).
   alt of barber chair
   • 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. 2011, Michael Levatino, Audrey Levatino, The Joy of Hobby Farming:

barber-chair en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (US, Western, of a tree being felled) To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
   • It would have barber-chaired on him. The little ones had barber-chaired but they weren't split up very high. 2000, Lloyd Keeland, The Lusty Life of Loon Lake Lloyd, page 251:
   • Once when a tree barber-chaired, this was on a steep hillside, it was a dramatic display of a diving tree. 1998, Jim Deaton, Crosscut Saw Reflections in the Pacific Northwest, page 15:
   • He made the first cut, the notch, and then as he made the back cut, it barber-chaired and kicked back on him. 2014, Jesse W. Thompson, Samson & Delilah's Haunted B & B:
2. (US, Western, transitive) To split (a tree) in this manner.

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