Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A machine or device for stripping the bark from willow-wands, as a crotch with sharp edges, through which the wand is drawn. Also called willow-stripper.

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Examples

  • The willow-peeler sits down before his instrument and merely thrusts the rod between the two pieces of iron and draws it out again.

    Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church

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