| 单词 | skidding-tongs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskidding-tongs 2. Lumbering. (See quot. 1878.) Also attributive in skidding-team, skidding-tongs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs flume1784 log-rollinga1792 drive1835 river-driving1843 river drive1845 sluice-way1851 sacking1860 timber drivea1861 skidding1877 log-running1878 skid road1880 rigging1897 swamping1902 log-drivea1904 high lead1905 high-lining1919 1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 22 Dec. Pevys Skidding Tongs always on hand. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 15 147 Skidding is hauling logs together and placing them on skids convenient for loading. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 707/1 The skidding-team is brought in and the log is..hauled away. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 707/1 In the case of small logs, it is grappled with ‘skidding-tongs’, which seize the log like a pair of pinchers. < as lemmas |
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