Wort des Tages
15 June 2026
harvester
nounForst und Holz
A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.
Warum dieses Wort
The name came over from agriculture, but the work happens in the head, not the base machine: felling, delimbing and bucking all happen at the stump. It is half of a pair, since a forwarder still has to move the logs.
In use
Harvester's already through the top block, so get the forwarder in before the ground softens up.
Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.