It couldn't have been anything else but Dad had put out the best wood the first time; some of the rest was rotten.
The best wood from a tree is dead branches that have not fallen to the ground yet.
"The best wood is last year's vine trimmings," he said.
"You have always managed to get the best wood," he said, sounding a little envious of his old mentor.
She knew which parts of many trees had the best wood.
For that purpose, it was the best wood in the world.
And is it not the best wood for coffins?
"As a group, they didn't have the best wood, but they did know what to do with it."
Most experts agree that the best wood for burning is "anything that's hard."
He was off at his best woods' pace, heading north, away from the camp which must lie somewhere on the other side of the lake.