debrancher

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noun

A machine for stripping the branches from trees.

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Meanings

noundebrancher (plural debranchers)

plural debranchers

  1. A machine for stripping the branches from trees.

    At today's lumber camps you will see more giant skidders, mammoth harvesters, and merciless mechanical debranchers than horses and grindstones.

    1989, Perry Garfinkel, Travel Writing for Profit and Pleasure, page 48

Origin

From debranch + -er.

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APA

debrancher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debrancher

MLA

“debrancher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debrancher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debrancher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debrancher.

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