timber limit

British  

noun

1. the area to which rights of cutting timber, granted by government licence, are limited

2. another term for timberline

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Example Sentences

A little later, as Crossman rose to replenish the dwindling fire, he saw him, followed by Aurore, enter the northern end of the timber limit.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison

The timber limit which the Grain Growers' Grain Company purchased was estimated to contain two hundred and twenty-two million feet of lumber.

From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins

A timber limit license, of portentous import, authorizing the cutting of oak and masts for the navy in all British North America, was issued.

From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

For this Purpose they got together a concern called "The Canadian Society of Equity, Limited," and bought a timber limit, so called.

From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins

They had been talking about that timber limit in the Toba, the possibility of getting a few thousand dollars out of it, and how they could make the money serve them best.

From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.