Snedding is the process of stripping the side shoots and buds from the length of a branch or shoot, usually of a tree or woody shrub.
This process is most commonly performed during hedge laying and prior to the felling of trees on plantations ready for cropping.
The verb 'sned', analogous to today's limbing, has also been used by woodcutters in Scotland to refer to the process of removing branches from felled trees.
The word comes from the Scandinavian snäddare, meaning a smooth log via the Old English snǣdan.
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