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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A track made of logs laid transversely about five feet apart that is used to haul logs to a loading platform or a mill.
- noun Slang Skid row.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
road .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also
travois road ortravoy road . - A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called
skids ) at intervals of about five feet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, lumbering A rough cleared right of way with logs embedded cross-wise on which logs being harvested would slide or be dragged or skidded.
- noun US, lumbering Streets with facilities suitable for the recreational needs of lumberjacks.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
- noun the district of a town frequented by loggers
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