rollway
a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.
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.
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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. HendryxOther 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. HendryxYou want to keep your road so smooth that every load of logs will go down there like a boy down a barn rollway.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman DayDey got for have de ice road for haul de beeg load to de rollway.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps | James B. HendryxThe men congratulated him on his victory over the other teamster, rollway Charley.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
British Dictionary definitions for rollway
/ (ˈrəʊlˌweɪ) /
an incline down which logs are rolled for transportation
a series of rollers laid parallel to each other, over which heavy loads may be moved
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