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Definition of Disbranching
1. disbranch [v] - See also: disbranch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbranching
Literary usage of Disbranching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Forest-trees: Indigenous and Introduced by Prideaux John Selby (1842)
"... to preserve the trees already standing, the remedial plan, where the Ash
predominates, should be attempted; this, which we shall call the disbranching, ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"disbranching. The tree, being felled, is next divested of its branches, which
are sorted into fence-wood, fuel, ton-wood, &c., according to the kind of tree ..."
3. The Forest of Essex: Its History, Laws, Administration and Ancient Customs by William Richard Fisher (1887)
"... Forest as to the vert, either by the felling or disbranching of trees, the
digging of turves, the stripping of moor land, the cutting of underwood, ..."
4. The Whole Art of Husbandry: Or, the Way of Managing and Improving of Land by John Mortimer (1716)
"... thing to be taken care of i> a skilful disbranching fuch Limbs as mqy endanger
them in their Fall, wherein much Fore-caft and Skill is required, ..."
5. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1848)
"... is disbranching of such limbs as may endanger the tree in its irms of timber
that are very great, it is always to chop or sink in them close to the bole ..."
6. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... falling Abundance of large Timber, disbranching that, whereof they had burned
and destroyed great Part, and clearing the Whole from all Shrub-Wood, ..."
7. Sylva: Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees by John Evelyn, John Nisbet (1908)
"Dr. Plot recommends the disbranching to be done in the Spring before felling,
whilst the tree is standing, that is, from May to Michaelmas, and so to let it ..."
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