macheting
Cutting with blade
Macheting is the act of cutting or striking with a machete, the broad-bladed tool used for clearing vegetation or as a weapon.
The term appears in accounts of agricultural work, jungle travel, and unfortunately in descriptions of violence.
They spent the morning macheting a path through the dense undergrowth.
The rebels went through the village macheting anyone they encountered.
Dense low forest vegetation
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
overgrowth · brambles · trail-blazing · vegetation · scrub · bushwhacking · hacking · swath
Shortcut or breach
Sucrose-yielding tropical grass
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- coconutHard-shelled tropical drupe
- bananaCurved tropical fruit
crop · fieldwork · paddy · husking · stalks · fronds · manual labor · tropical farming
Wilderness survival skill set
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- campsiteDesignated outdoor lodging area
- firewoodCut logs for burning
improvised · tool · hunting · defense · resourcefulness · expedition · backcountry · emergency
underbrush
Dense low forest vegetation
weeds · overgrowth · brambles · trail-blazing · vegetation · scrub · bushwhacking · hacking · swath · jungle
hack
Shortcut or breach
slice · sever · hew · cut · gash · lacerate · shear · carve · split · notch
sugarcane
Sucrose-yielding tropical grass
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- coconutHard-shelled tropical drupe
banana · crop · fieldwork · paddy · husking · stalks · fronds · manual labor · tropical farming · subsistence
bushcraft
Wilderness survival skill set
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- campsiteDesignated outdoor lodging area
firewood · improvised · tool · hunting · defense · resourcefulness · expedition · backcountry · emergency · makeshift
machetingsnipping
Cutting in small bites
microsurgery · manicuring · trimming · mincing · whittling
machetingnurturing
Supportive care-giving
cultivating · tending · gardening · pruning · topiary