a type of four-wheel tractor equipped with a grapple, used to haul logs or timber, esp. over rough terrain
3. slang
a.
a person who is moving toward or has reached a less desirable status, condition, etc.
b.
a homeless person who lives on the streets or frequents skid row
Word origin
[1865–70; skid + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black belt, dunk, racism, steamroller, valence-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'skidder' in a sentence
skidder
Alternative transportation method included cable system, chute system, skidder, and farm tractor.
A. E. Akay, B. Yılmaz 2017, 'USING GIS AND AHP FOR PLANNING PRIMER TRANSPORTATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS', ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Scienceshttps://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-4-W4/19/2017/isprs-annals-IV-4-W4-19-2017.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Logging operation was performed by chainsaw and cable skidder.
Nikooy. M., Rashidi, R., Kocheki, G. 2010, 'Residual trees injury assessment after selective cutting in broadleaf forest in Shafaroud',Caspian Journal of Environmental Scienceshttps://cjes.guilan.ac.ir/article_1041.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The possible cost decreases for the skidder and tractor were calculated as 2.6% and 4.3%, respectively.
Afraz Iranparast Bodaghi, Mehrdad Nikooy, Ramin Naghdi, Rachele Venanzi, FrancescoLatterini, Farzam Tavankar, Rodolfo Picchio 2018, 'Ground-Based Extraction on Salvage Logging in Two High Forests: A Productivity andCost Analysis', Forestshttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/12/729. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A farm tractor, skidder, cable system, forwarder, and forwarder in combination withharvester were selected as model skidding technologies.
Michal Synek, Martin Klimánek 2015, 'Spatial Modeling of a New Technological Typification in Forestry Based on MulticriteriaEvaluation of Skidding Technologies', Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensishttps://acta.mendelu.cz/63/3/0841/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The skidder had its best performance in productivity of 100 m³ ha-1 and at distances up to 300 m.
Sebastião Eudes Lopes, Haroldo Carlos Fernandes, Luciano José Minette, João CleberModernel da Silveira, Paula Cristina Natalino Rinaldi 2009, 'Avaliação técnica e econômica de um "skidder" operando em diferentes produtividadese distâncias de extração Economic and technical evaluation of a ''skidder'' operationat various dragging distances and wood productivity of the operation', Ciência e Agrotecnologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542009000600023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)