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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood, equal to a 4 × 8-foot stack that is one log deep, or about one-fourth to one-third of a cord.
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treeseed commented on the word face cord
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Date: circa 1926
: a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 × 8 feet with lengths of pieces from about 12 to 16 inches
February 6, 2008
oroboros commented on the word face cord
Half a cord: 2' x 4' x 8'
August 29, 2010