peckerwood sawmill en · NOUN
Etymology
Apparently coined as a pejorative by the organized lumber-products industry.
Meanings
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A small-scale sawmill, often with older equipment not capable of producing wood of uniform dimension.
The thousands of gasoline-powered "peckerwood" sawmills that scatter wood waste across the landscape, and the big lumber, veneer, and pulp mills that stand in distant isolation from one another
1949, Egon Glesinger, The coming age of wood:
- (Southern-US) Any small-scale production operation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| peckerwood sawmills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi piensaha (small-scale sawmill)