Lexic.us

Definition of Skid road

1. Noun. The district of a town frequented by loggers.

2. Noun. A road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled.

Definition of Skid road

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (US lumbering) Streets with facilities suitable for the recreational needs of lumberjacks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skid Road

skiboarding skibob skibobbed skibobber skibobbers skibobbing skibobbings skibobs skicross skid

skid-lid skid flip skid lid skid marks skid road (current term) skiddaw skidded skidder skidders skiddier

skiddiest skidding skiddoo skiddooed skiddooing skiddoos skiddy

Literary usage of Skid road

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"or the log or pole laid transversely in a skid road (PCF). ... (PCF) skid road. i. A road or trail leading from the stump to the skidway ot landing. (Gen. ..."

2. Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Archaeological Institute of America Southwest Society, Sequoya League (1903)
"At the end of the skid-road we come to the yarding engine. In logging parlance, "yarding " is the preparation and hauling of the log from where it lies when ..."

3. Timber Bonds by Thomas S. McGrath (1911)
"skid road. 1. A road or trail leading from the stump to the skidway or landing. 2. A road over which logs are dragged, having heavy transverse skids ..."

4. Timber Bonds by Thomas S. McGrath (1911)
"A log or pole, commonly used in pairs, upon which logs are handled or piled, or the log or pole laid transversely in a skid road. Skidder. 1. ..."

5. Rock Excavation: Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1904)
"A skid road is really a rough railroad without the rails, for it is made by ... Where growing timber is at hand a skid road may be made at less cost than ..."

6. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"A skid road is a rough railroad without the rails, for it is made by partly ... Where growing timber is at hand a skid road may be made at less cost than ..."

7. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"A skid road is a rough railroad without the rails, for it is made by partly ... Where growing timber is at hand a skid road may be made at less cost than ..."

8. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"A skid road is a rough railroad without the rails, for it is made by partly ... Where growing timber is at hand a skid road may be made at less cost than ..."

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