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roll⋅way

  [rohl-wey]
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–noun
1. a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.
2. Lumbering.
a. an incline for rolling or sliding logs into a stream to begin them on their journey from lumber camp to mill.
b. a pile of logs in or at the side of a river or stream ready to go to the mill.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; roll + way 1
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roll·way   (rōl'wā')   
n.  A surface along which cylindrical objects or objects on rollers may be moved, especially a naturally or artificially inclined surface used by lumberjacks to slide logs into a waterway for transport.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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