skid road

British  

noun

1. a track made of a set of logs laid transversely on which freshly cut timber can be hauled

2. 1. (in the West) the part of a town frequented by loggers

   2. another term for skid row

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Example Sentences

Then with oaths and the sound of rent underwood a yoke of mighty bulls would swing down a "skid" road, hauling a forty-foot log along a rudely made slide.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Yes, I know my days are numbered, all the signs to me are plain: I shall never guide the movements of the skid road boys again.

From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus

The horse team and skid road is used in a small timber where poles and piling are being marketed.

From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Knapp, Frederick Malcolm

Then, with oaths and the sound of rent underwood, a yoke of mighty bulls would swing down a "skid" road, hauling a forty-foot log along a rudely made slide.

From American Notes by Kipling, Rudyard