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

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

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 Sinclair, Bertrand W.

There was growing an appreciable hole in the heart of his timber limit.

From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

Meantime, Doris Cleveland began to loom bigger in his mind than this timber limit.

From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

"We want to get as far north as the timber limit, if we can," Harding said.

From The Intriguers by Bindloss, Harold