A worker who cuts bark from trees, particularly oak bark for use in leather tanning.
Compound word from 'bark' (tree covering) plus 'cutter' (one who cuts), describing a laborer in the tanning and forestry industries.
Barkcutters were essential to leather production but faced dangerous conditions—climbing to strip bark while standing on narrow ledges, their craft was specialized and risky.
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