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skid road

noun

a track made of a set of logs laid transversely on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
1. (in the West) the part of a town frequented by loggers
2. another term for skid row

In pole and piling timber where a skid road and horses are used, loading is done by hand or with a team.

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

More ox-teams appeared upon the skid-road, which was longer now; the cry of "Timber-r-r!"

Last time I was up, I slipped between the logs on the old skid-road and like to broke my old fool neck.

They took their lives in their hands on skid-road and spring-board, that such as she might flourish.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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