Is "Cordwood" really a thing?

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, gdh said:

I don't think anyone's disputing the technical meaning but when people ask for a load of cordwood most people understand it to mean unprocessed timber, it's just become a quick way of saying that in the right context. 

Thats round wood .

[gdh]

Just now, Stubby said:

Thats round wood .

Yes, that's what I tend to say but judging from this forum and the article on cordwood building cordwood (one word) has another meaning to many people.

 

It could be a change over time or just regional, I think most people understand it in context. 

[Steve Bullman]

Goodness, it couldn’t really be any simpler...a ‘cord’ is a 4x4x8 stack of wood.  ‘Cordwood’ is wood that has no other use other than being stacked in a pile, the dimensions of which make up a ‘cord’

[MonsterMonster]

57 minutes ago, Stubby said:

No . Its a 4"X4"x8" stack FFS

Yes, when talking about a Cord but I am talking about cordWOOD not a Cord of wood ... FFS. I do not believe people are specifically thinking of the specific measurement of 4'x4'x8' but believe that there is a very specific type of wood irrespective of length, stacking etc.

[skc101fc]

Doing estate woodland work there are 3 types of product. Roundwood for sale or conversion at the sawmill, cordwood - the branchy bits or small diameter sawlog tops, usually for the firewood market, and brash for chipping mulching burying or burning.
The cordwood element is then cut to 4' length for stacking in the cordwood stacks, for distribution to estate workers if you're lucky or for auction sold by the cord.
Jeez this threads dragging on some

[Vespasian]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

No . I am 65 in Jan . My Dad is 93 .

Sixty fives the new fifty five!!!!... so your not much older than me!!!...  congrats to your dad by the way, 93's more than a good run..

[daltontrees]

14 hours ago, skc101fc said:

Jeez this threads dragging on some

Indeed, indeed...

It's really simple. A Cord is a volume of wood. Cordwood is a type of wood.

 

Cordwood may or not be sold by the Cord. Trying to link the definitions of Cord and Cordwood just because they both have 'Cord' in them seems, beyond that, pointless.

[Gary Prentice]

2 hours ago, daltontrees said:

 

It's really simple. Cordwood is a type of wood.

 

What type of wood is it? 

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, Gary Prentice said:

What type of wood is it? 

Cheek! I don't know, there was no agreement. Non sawmill and non-brash, everything stackable in between? The stuff I like because you can usually get away with not having to split it.

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Gary Prentice said:

What type of wood is it? 

Hornbeam !