Bark′ing-tools.
For removing the bark of trees for tanning purposes.
Besides the axe or hatchet for slitting the bark longitudinally, and for cutting incisions around the trunk, which enable it to be removed in lengths, the barker requires
peeling-irons, which are thrust beneath the bark to loosen it. The operation is performed in spring, when the sap is abundant between the bark and the wood.
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Peeling-irons. |
Rossing is not the exact equivalent of barking, as the former is a grinding or cutting action (usually),
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the latter a
peeling. See
London's “Encyclopedia of agriculture.”
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Bark-grinding mill. |
