rollway

American  

[rohl-way] / ˈroʊlˌweɪ /

noun

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

2. Lumbering.

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

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

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rollway British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of rollway

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

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Example Sentences

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rollway

Rollway after rollway tore loose and the released logs, swept downward by the resistless push of the current, climbed one upon another and lodged.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

Tradition claimed that only once in a long woods life had Shearer been forced to "take water" before a breaking rollway: and then he saved his peavey.

From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White

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

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

At the end of the rollway the log collided with other logs and stopped with the impact of one bowling ball against another.

From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White

It was a cellar of the oldest pattern, with no step, having an entrance on a level with the road, the same being a "rollway" wide enough to admit barrels of cider and other produce.

From Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Thomas Fogarty

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