slab1 n OED ~ sb1 2 a 'rough outside plank cut from a log preparatory to squaring.' Attrib ~ man: one employed in a sawmill to handle slabs.
1981 SPARKES 175 A slabman took care of the slabs and another took the boards as they came from the Rotary and placed them on a bench of rollers which fed them to another saw called the Edger.
