a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily
2.
any of various machines or devices for removing bark from logs and pulpwood
3.
an attachment on a circular saw for removing ross or bark ahead of the blade
Word origin
[1870–75, Amer.; ross + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, fifth wheel, giveaway, immobilize, washout-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)