Term: Cruise (logging)
Definition:
To estimate the amount and value of standing timber. Same as estimate, value. Hence, cruiser: A man who estimates the value of standing timber. Same as estimator, land-looker, valuer. 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)]