skidway
Americannoun
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a road or path formed of logs, planks, etc., for sliding objects.
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a platform, usually inclined, for piling logs to be sawed or to be loaded onto a vehicle.
noun
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a platform on which logs ready for sawing are piled
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a track made of logs for rolling objects along
Etymology
Origin of skidway
Example Sentences
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Drawn up the gaping skidway by steel cables thrumming on giant steam-driven winches, the whale reached the broad afterdeck.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not yet five o’clock when, the airplane safely stowed away and the doors of the hangar closed and locked, the boys once more stood on the skidway.
From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Breckenridge, Gerald
When Tom returned from the skidway he smiled and shook his head in answer to the question in Grace's eyes.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Then Bob unlocked the big double doors and rolled them back, and the three trundled the plane out to the skidway where Jack spun the propeller while Bob manipulated the controls.
From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Breckenridge, Gerald
The skidway runs to the railway siding or water's edge.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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