barber-chair
barber-chair verb: to split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward. Also the alternative form of barber chair.
Verb
barber-chair (third-person singular simple present barber-chairs, present participle barber-chairing, simple past and past participle barber-chaired)
- To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
- Once when a tree barber-chaired, this was on a steep hillside, it was a dramatic display of a diving tree.1998, Jim Deaton, Crosscut Saw Reflections in the Pacific Northwest, page 15
- It would have barber-chaired on him. The little ones had barber-chaired but they weren't split up very high.2000, Lloyd Keeland, The Lusty Life of Loon Lake Lloyd, page 251
- To split (a tree) in this manner.
Also used as
barber-chair is also the alternative form of barber chair.
Forms of barber-chair
| third-person singular present | barber-chairs |
|---|---|
| present participle | barber-chairing |
| past participle | barber-chaired |
| past | barber-chaired |
Origin of barber-chair
From the resemblance of a tree split in this way to a barber chair.
Questions about barber-chair
- What does barber-chair mean?
- Barber-chair means to split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
- What part of speech is barber-chair?
- Barber-chair is a verb.
- What is the past tense of barber-chair?
- The past tense of barber-chair is barber-chaired.
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