over-barkadj.
/ˈəʊvəˌbɑːk/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌbɑrk/ Forestry.
Of a measurement of the volume or diameter of timber: taken before the bark has been removed; including the bark. Abbreviated o.b.
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over-bark1953
1911 C. L. Hanson Forestry for Woodmen xiv. 192 If it [sc. a log] is 16 inches over bark it will be taken as 15 inches under bark.]
1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. xiv. 214 As a rule, logs are measured..while they still have their bark on. This is over-bark measure, and is of course greater than the volume of actual timber.
1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Dec. 59/2 o.b., abbreviation for ‘over bark’ in measuring the diameter or girth of a tree.
1967 W. Scott & R. Palmer Hiley's Woodland Managem. (ed. 2) ix. 131 (caption) Percentage of bark in the over~bark volume.
1993 Forestry 66 132 The Forest Enterprise forests presently produce 328 000 m3 overbark, standing, per annum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† over-barkv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To bark louder than. (In quot. 1648 figurative.)Apparently an isolated use.
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1648 Hunting of Fox 16 The Sectaries do out-baule, and over barke them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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