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Definition of Timber line
1. Noun. Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes.
Definition of Timber line
1. Noun. Alternative spelling of timberline. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timber Line
Literary usage of Timber line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"On ascending the forest-clothed mountains one reaches also an upper limit of tree
growth, the "cold timber line," beyond which only shrubs, stunted trees, ..."
2. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1821)
"... as before, feet 7 inches, the height of the top timber line aft, draw a
horizontal line ; then set off abaft the aft-side of the wing transom 11 feet, ..."
3. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... THE PINE AT TIMBER-LINE What has bent you, Warped and twisted you, Torn and
crippled you?— What has embittered you, O lonely tree? ..."
4. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... ^height» of the upper part of the top fide above the Of tap-timber line, and
fitting them off above the top- timber line on the ..."
5. Your National Parks by Enos Abijah Mills, Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier (1917)
"I. TIMBER-LINE The most telling timber-line that I have seen is on the slope ...
One day I went up to timber-line on Long's Peak with a number of children. ..."
6. Your National Parks by Enos Abijah Mills, Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier (1917)
"Many beautiful flowers are found at timber-line, along with bees, butterflies,
birds, chipmunks, and foxes. Timber-line is a strangely interesting, ..."
7. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... THE PINE AT TIMBER-LINE What has bent you, Warped and twisted you, Torn and
crippled you?— What has embittered you, O lonely tree? ..."
8. The Popular Science Monthly (1882)
"Therefore, in considering the height of the timber-line, "we must regard tho
mountain-ranges in connection with the plateaus on which they stand, ..."
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