Term: Crown-fire (logging)
Definition:
A forest fire that goes into the tops, or crowns of trees. When it does that, the woodsmen say "she's covering." Same as covering. 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)]