birling
Spinning floating logs
Birling is a competitive sport in which two loggers stand on a floating log and try to spin it with their feet, attempting to knock each other into the water.
The term comes from logging, where workers needed to balance on and maneuver floating logs.
Also called logrolling: The birling competition drew crowds at the lumberjack festival.
Professional tree cutter
- contestOrganized competitive event
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
- waterClear essential liquid
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
poise · stamina · coordination · balance · rivalry · spectators · tradition · festival
Directed flow of charge
- streamSteady continuous flow
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
- log driveRiverborne lumber transportation method
floating · downstream · boom · eddy · slack water
Turn about an axis
- revolveTurn around center
- rollList of names
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- twirlRotate rapidly, often playfully
gyrate · whirl · momentum · rotation · turning · velocity · friction · traction
State of balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- agilityQuickness and ease
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- footingSecure ground position
control · steadiness · concentration · precision · centering · counterbalance · leverage · spinning
lumberjack
Professional tree cutter
footwork · poise · stamina · coordination · balance · rivalry · spectators · tradition · festival · boom
current
Directed flow of charge
log drive · floating · downstream · boom · eddy · slack water
rotate
Turn about an axis
twirl · gyrate · whirl · momentum · rotation · turning · velocity · friction · traction
equilibrium
State of balance
footing · control · steadiness · concentration · precision · centering · counterbalance · leverage · spinning · rolling
log
Sectioned tree trunk
hardwood · softwood · bark · diameter · floating · boom · sawlog · pulpwood · peeler · roundwood