barber-chair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
  2. To split (a tree) in this manner.
noun
  1. Alternative form of barber chair (when used attributively).

Word forms

barber-chair barber-chairs barber-chairing barber-chaired

Etymology

From the resemblance of a tree split in this way to a barber chair.

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