barber chair

English

A barber chair from the 1880s.

Alternative forms

• barberchair, barber-chair

Noun

barber chair (plural barber chairs)

1. An articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.
2. (forestry) A tree which splits vertically while being felled, causing part of the tree to remain upright while the remainder of the tree falls.
   • 2005, Sharon Lilly, Tree climbers' guide‎^[1], International Society of Arboriculture, →ISBN, page 117:

     One technique that can reduce the chance of creating a barber chair is to use a bore cut.

Translations

chair used for hair-cutting

• Finnish: parturintuoli (fi)
• Swedish: frisörstol c
• Turkish: berber koltuğu

Verb

barber chair (third-person singular simple present barber chairs, present participle barber chairing, simple past and past participle barber chaired)

1. Alternative form of barber-chair
   • 1985, N.Y. Forest Owner‎^[2], New York Forest Owners Association, page 193:

     A severely leaning tree which is greater than 12 inches on the stump can "barber chair" by splitting prematurely during the felling cut so that the butt of the main tree trunk pivots upward toward the chainsaw user's head, if special felling techniques are not used.

   • 1987, Dave Roberts, Pipe & Excavation Contracting‎^[3], Craftsman Book Company, →ISBN, page 148:

     Figure 4-6 A shows a tree that barber chaired when the back cut was too low. Figure 4-6 B shows why it's called a “barber chair”.

   • 2012, Frank Philbrick, Stephen Philbrick, The Backyard Lumberjack‎^[4], Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 44:

     This is because the trunk can “barber chair” before it falls.