Also stemner. [f. STEM sb.1 + -ER1.] (See quot. 1858.)
1858. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., XIX. I. 193. All trees are here [Sussex] cut down with the saw, and the stump, though quite level with the ground, is called the stem. This stem throws up shoots all round; the strongest is frequently left, and the rest cut off with the bill-hook. In time this shoot becomes a worthless tree, called a stemmer.
1878. [see TILLER sb.3 2].
1895. Lease (Surrey), All timber and other trees, tellers, stemners, already let to stand for timber and saplings.