roundwoodn.
/ˈraʊn(d)wʊd/, U.S. /ˈraʊn(d)ˌwʊd/ 1. Forestry. = round timber n. at round adj. Compounds 2a. Later also: short logs of small diameter from the tops of pine and spruce trees, used esp. for making paper pulp.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > undressed trunk or log > collectively
rough timber1607
round timber1656
roundwood1692
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > undressed trunk or log > types of > small > collectively
roundwood1692
1692 Coll. Improvem. Husbandry & Trade 30 Apr. Round wood, pieces 242.
1745 Lit. Jrnl. Oct.–Dec. 123 Joysts sawed out of a large Tree..are extremely bad, and the use of them ought to be forbidden. The Sequel of this Memoir will show that the round Wood is the only fit for Service.
1835 Rep. Sel. Comm. Timber Duties 105 The Russian ports have acquired a preponderance in consequence of the round wood which they convert there enabling them to ship a much larger proportion of 21-feet deals.
1890 Rep. Secretary Agric. 201 Mechanical or ground pulp... For this process round wood is used of 4 to 8 inches diameter, cut into lengths of 10 to 20 inches.
1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 3 Apr. 8 So far as the ‘round wood’ or ‘pulp wood’ is concerned, most of the Aberdeen contracts for the season are now fixed-up.
1971 Country Life 25 Nov. 1450/1 The cash value..from the sales of roundwood and timber..in East Anglia.
2003 Oxoniensia 67 171 The frequency of oak heartwood suggests the use either of roundwood of sufficient age to have developed heartwood..or fairly wide cordwood.
2. U.S. regional (north-eastern). More fully roundwood tree. The American mountain ash, Sorbus americana; cf. rowan n.1
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash
quick treeeOE
wycheOE
quickena1400
foldc1420
rowan-tree1483
quickbeam?1537
wild ash1552
field ash1578
mountain ash1597
quicken berry1597
whitten1633
witchen1664
quickenberry tree1671
wicky1681
rowan1751
narrow-leaved service tree1793
sorb1796
bastard mountain ash1800
roundwood1846
fowler's service tree1859
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > types of
mountain ash1845–50
roundwood1846
1846 New Eng. Med. Eclectic Jan. 15 The bark of sorbus americana, (mountain ash, roundwood).
1882 C. A. Stephens Young Moose Hunters ix. 81 We now began to note the vivid red clusters of mountain ash, or round-wood berries.
1902 New Eng. Mag. Nov. 316/1 On the top of the hill the scarlet berries of the round-wood tree, grouped against their yellow leaves, struck a sudden glory in the dusk.
1947 Portland (Maine) Press Herald 22 Sept. 11/4 The glory of the mountain ash or roundwood tree is at its height in Aroostook County now.
1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 624 Roundwood Sorbus americana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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