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barber-chair

verb

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.

    • Once when a tree barber-chaired, this was on a steep hillside, it was a dramatic display of a diving tree.
    • It would have barber-chaired on him. The little ones had barber-chaired but they weren't split up very high.
    • He made the first cut, the notch, and then as he made the back cut, it barber-chaired and kicked back on him.

  2. To split (a tree) in this manner.

  3. Alternative form of barber chair (when used attributively).

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA