rollway

[ rohl-wey ]

noun
  1. a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.

  2. Lumbering.

    • an incline for rolling or sliding logs into a stream to begin them on their journey from lumber camp to mill.

    • a pile of logs in or at the side of a river or stream ready to go to the mill.

Origin of rollway

1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; roll + way1

Words Nearby rollway

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How to use rollway in a sentence

  • Against this obstruction crashed the leaping, upending logs of the wrecked rollway.

    The Promise | James B. Hendryx
  • Other men came—the ones who had fled from the rollway, their curiosity conquering their fear at the sight of the dead man.

    The Promise | James B. Hendryx
  • You want to keep your road so smooth that every load of logs will go down there like a boy down a barn rollway.

  • Dey got for have de ice road for haul de beeg load to de rollway.

  • The men congratulated him on his victory over the other teamster, rollway Charley.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White

British Dictionary definitions for rollway

rollway

/ (ˈrəʊlˌweɪ) /


noun
  1. an incline down which logs are rolled for transportation

  2. a series of rollers laid parallel to each other, over which heavy loads may be moved

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