timber limit
Britishnoun
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the area to which rights of cutting timber, granted by government licence, are limited
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another term for timberline
Example Sentences
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You recollect, I suppose, that when I was out here last I bought a timber limit in the Toba from your firm.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Meantime, Doris Cleveland began to loom bigger in his mind than this timber limit.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
"We want to get as far north as the timber limit, if we can," Harding said.
From The Intriguers by Harold Bindloss
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 Hopkins Moorhouse
The western timber limit is on Kodiak Island.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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