Terminology - Fence posts etc

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  1. clueless1

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    Evening all.

    This might seem like a daft question, but you can buy timber that is just the bark covered outer bits, the cast-offs almost from the saw mill as they take a tree trunk and trim it to get to just a square plank. Sometimes these bark covered bits are used for rustic fences.

    If I was looking to buy some such sticks, what would I call them?
     
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    Steve R might know :smile:. The mill down the road from him used to sell them.
     
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    As far as I'm aware they're called "slabbing". I once clad a trees house with them and it looked very rustic. (It was a stilt house really but served the same purpose).
     
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