Term: Bull-skinner (logging)
Definition:
An ox driver. Also called a bull-skinner because the driver prodded the oxen with a sharp goad stick. Not used much after 1895. Same as bull-puncher. View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org
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[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956).]