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单词 carry-log
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carry-logn.

Brit. /ˈkarɪlɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈkɛriˌlɔɡ/, /ˈkɛriˌlɑɡ/
Forms: 1700s– carry-log, 1800s– caralog.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: carry v., log n.1
Etymology: < carry v. + log n.1
U.S. Now rare (historical in later use).
An apparatus for transporting timber, consisting of two high wheels joined by an axle from which a log or logs can be hung, to be hauled by a team of draught animals. Cf. timber wheels n. at timber n.1 Compounds 2.The carry-log was also used in operations other than timber transportation; cf. quot. 1911.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > log-hauling engine or contrivance
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1775 Virginia Gaz. 17 June (advt.) Two Carts, a Carrylog, a Timber Carriage, ten valuable Draught Oxen, a House Frame, and some Plank.
1857 Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, Georgia) 23 Jan. 1/6 Will be sold,..his interest and title in one yoke of Oxen and Caralog.
1911 Harper's Monthly Mag. Feb. 332/1 I wanted..mules to pull the big carry-log with the gun swung under it.
1956 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 5 Nov. During the boom lumber days along the Gulf Coast..the ‘carry-log’ was thoroughly respected and continued in use until the log truck was invented.
2006 C. Frost in S. Jose et al. Longleaf Pine Ecosystem ii. 27 (caption) A ‘carry-log’ drawn by mules. Economical range of this kind of transport was less than 4 miles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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