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timber line

NOUN
  1. line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes

How To Use timber line In A Sentence

  • They made fireless camps above timber line, thawing their meat rations with the heat of their bodies before they could eat .... weary ghosts in a dead world. “I am only a wild girl, and I am afraid of the world....”
  • Banks of snow cut them off; snowshoes sank in air pockets -- holes made by protruding limbs of the short, gnarled trees of timber line, -- and through these the man fought in short, spasmodic lunges, breaking the way for the woman who came behind, never stopping except to gather strength for a fresh attack, never ceasing for obstacle or for danger. The White Desert
  • We're also wanting to check the south side of the mountain above timber line in case they got from Leuthold-Collier back toward the Pearly Gates, which is the main summit route to -- of the south side of Mount Hood. CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2006
  • So far we've found decking and timber lined with leather which was a feature of the period and we've also uncovered canons.
  • Soon we were below the timber line, small sticks at first, but the scrub becoming gradually taller and thicker. HIGH STAND
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