cordwood

cordwood
a) Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.

The June rise used to be always luck for me; because as soon as that rise begins here comes cordwood floating down, and pieces of log rafts sometimes a dozen logs together; so all you have to do is to catch them and sell them to the wood-yards and the sawmill.

b) Split and cut firewood as an economic commodity.

The The barkeeper drew beer from two pumps immediately in front of him, and rinsed glasses in some sort of a sink under the edge of the bar. The centre of the room was occupied by a tremendous stove capable of burning whole logs of cordwood.


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