Definitions:
a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off

an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft

an apparatus for determining the speed of a ship, originally one consisting of a float attached to a knotted line that is wound on a reel, the distance run out in a certain time being used as an estimate of the vessel's speed.

the ranfurly shield, an interprovincial rugby union trophy competed for annually in new zealand

enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record

cut down (an area of forest) in order to exploit the timber commercially