Brian K wrote:
>I've seen these two words used interchangeably. I looked up debarking.
>The only definitions I can find have to do with the removal of bark from
>a tree. There is a third vaguely diabolical meaning, it is to
>surgically remove the vocal chords from a dog. But what about the
>latter? The only definitions I can find for disembark mean 'to leave a
>ship' or 'to leave a vessel'.
>
>It's not really a major issue. However, it could be confusing for
>someone for whom English is a second language happening upon this
>group. They could mistakenly think that a cruise originating from the
>US winds up with passengers being pressed into labor removing bark from
>trees.
Since you invite discussion....
There's a machine that some sawmills use called a de-barker and the
person who operates that machine is also the debarker. But he usually
sits in a little booth manipulating levers, or sometimes he is on some
kind of powered industrial truck (fork lift) moving logs to the
conveyor that takes the logs into the debarker. It is a skilled job,
although not as much as the actual sawyer. And some mills use a
mulcher to kind of shred the bark off and make it into mulch.
>Worse yet, they might think that the end of a cruise involves
>the ritual removing of a dogs ability to bark.
>
>I did check, there is no word for putting the bark back on a tree,
>unless some German speaking folk want to invent one. :-)
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