the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.
n. The act or art of engraving on wood.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or employment of cutting wood by means of saws or by the application of knife-edge machinery.
n. Wood-engraving.
Word Usage
"Around the larger urban centers, particularly Luanda, human settlement and activities such as woodcutting and livestock grazing have had considerable, though mostly localized, impacts on the vegetation and soils."