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单词 barberchair
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barberchairv.

Brit. /ˈbɑːbətʃɛː/, U.S. /ˈbɑrbərˌtʃɛ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: barber chair , barber's chair n.
Etymology: < barber chair, variant of barber's chair n.
Forestry.
transitive. To cause (a tree) to split upwards through the trunk during felling, leaving a chair-shaped stump. Also (and now chiefly) intransitive, of a tree: to split in this way during felling.
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1957 Catal. Copyright Entries (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 11: Pts. iii–iv. 18/3 How Not To ‘Barber Chair’ A Leaning Tree In The Process of Felling, by Raymond O. Abeling.
1987 M. Kochanski Northern Bushcraft (1988) ii. 92 (caption) Attempting to fall [sic] a tree with little or no undercut may cause the tree to barberchair.
1994 Western Living Oct. 54/1 The back cut was easier, and the tree, a puny little birch, finally fell... ‘You almost barberchaired it,’ Rick told me.
2021 A. M. Stevenson Love on Fireline (e-book ed.) His saw barely touches the back of the tree when it starts to barber chair.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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