widowmaker

Logging term,most in Pacific Northwest
and Redwood country.
A large limb or broken tree-top that falls while the tree is being felled
or a limb that is bent,then breaks off flying back towards logger.

Spotting a hanging widowmaker,the loggers pulled the tree with a cat,instead of standing underneath

by Humboldt_Red June 12, 2005

widowmaker

IRA nickname for Armalite AR-18 automatic rifle

The Provos used their widowmakers to
kill British troopers in Belfast

by Humboldt_Red June 12, 2005