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Process of removing branches from a tree trunk
Limbing or delimbing is the process of removing branches from a standing or fallen tree trunk. Wikipedia →
đź§ Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: LimbingA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Kiss KissThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Simulation work of technological equipment for operations harvesters limbingCited 0 times
- Go sideways: ChainsawA closely related topic
- Go sideways: LoggingA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of limb
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Kiss KissRoald Dahl · 1960
Tales of the Unexpected [16 stories]Roald Dahl · 1979
The Television Late-night Horror OmnibusPeter Haining, Roald Dahl · 1993
Amputations and artificial limbsWilliam Robert Grossmith · 1857- 📕Limb-darkening functions as derived from along-track operation of the ERBE scanning radiometer for January 1985G. Louis Smith · 1989
The autobiography of a quackS. Weir Mitchell · 1900- 📕Phantom Limbs and Body Integrity Identity DisorderMonika Loewy · 2019
- 📕Rehabilitation of the lower limb amputeeW. Humm · 1965
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