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

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

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

Finally Billy O'Brien drew up triumphantly at the rollway.

From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White

You want to keep your road so smooth that every load of logs will go down there like a boy down a barn rollway.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

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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