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underhand chop

noun

  1. (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground Compare standing chop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The sport’s six disciplines - underhand chop, stock saw, standing block chop, single-buck saw, springboard chop and hot saw - require not only strength, speed and explosive power, but also expertise at chainsaw maintenance, ax sharpening and buck-saw sharpening.

Organizer Labeth Hall said lumberjacks will compete in several areas including underhand chop, standing block chop and springboard chop.

Harper also took on longtime friend and Axe Woman Tracie Henning in the “underhand chop,” in which competitors stand on thick blocks of wood and race to cut all the way through them, their axes swinging at targets just below their legs.

Harper also took on longtime friend and Axe Woman Tracie Henning in the "underhand chop," in which competitors stand on thick blocks of wood and race to cut all the way through them, their axes swinging at targets just below their legs.

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