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barber-chair
verb 2noun 1
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2ADJ.
mini
VERB + BARBER-CHAIR
create
Definitions
verb
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.
2
To split (a tree) in this manner.
noun
1
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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Once when a tree barber-chaired, this was on a steep hillside, it was a dramatic display of a diving tree.
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It would have barber-chaired on him. The little ones had barber-chaired but they weren't split up very high.
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He made the first cut, the notch, and then as he made the back cut, it barber-chaired and kicked back on him.
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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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