rollway
Americannoun
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a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.
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Lumbering.
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an incline for rolling or sliding logs into a stream to begin them on their journey from lumber camp to mill.
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a pile of logs in or at the side of a river or stream ready to go to the mill.
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noun
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an incline down which logs are rolled for transportation
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a series of rollers laid parallel to each other, over which heavy loads may be moved
Etymology
Origin of rollway
Example Sentences
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Other men came—the ones who had fled from the rollway, their curiosity conquering their fear at the sight of the dead man.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
At other places the bed of the stream was covered with ice, save for an occasional rollway, where the lumberer had piled his sawlogs upon its broken surface.
From In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown
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
Another rollway rumbled into the river, and Bill leaped into the open.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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
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