skid (logs)

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• Skid cone — In forestry a skid cone is a device that prevents logs from being stopped by roots, stumps or residual trees while being harvested. It also protects valuable trees along the path from being damaged. Operator safety is enhanced, as the cone… …   Wikipedia

• skid|way — «SKIHD WAY», noun. 1. a) two logs or timbers laid parallel at right angles to a road, on which to pile a tier of logs for loading. b) a way or path down which logs can slide as on a skid. 2. a side, sloping tunnel in the rear of a whaling factory …   Useful english dictionary

• Skid — may refer to: * Skid, a pallet, a wood or plastic platform for holding machinery or equipment * Skid (aerodynamic), an outward side slip in an aircraft turn * Skid steering, a method of steering by braking tracks or wheels on one side of a… …   Wikipedia

• Skid road — (Logging) (a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; called also {travois road} or {travoy road}. (b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skid — Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skidded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skidding}.] 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. [1913 Webster] 2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. (Forestry) To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• skid row — 1931, from skid road track of skids along which logs are rolled (1851), from SKID (Cf. skid) (n.). The sense was extended to part of town inhabited by loggers (1906), then, by hobos, to disreputable district (1915) …   Etymology dictionary

• skid — [skid] n. [Early ModE, prob. < ON skith: see SKI ] ☆ 1. a plank, log, etc., often one of a pair or set, used as a support or as a track upon which to slide or roll a heavy object 2. a low, movable wooden platform for holding loads or stacks 3 …   English World dictionary

• skid road — ☆ skid road n. 1. in lumbering, a trail along which newly cut logs are skidded 2. a) West a section of town where loggers gathered in taverns, inns, etc. b) SKID ROW * * * …   Universalium

• skid road — ☆ skid road n. 1. in lumbering, a trail along which newly cut logs are skidded 2. a) West a section of town where loggers gathered in taverns, inns, etc. b) SKID ROW …   English World dictionary

• Skid row — A skid row or skid road is a run down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs. In a related expression, someone who is down and out is said to be on the skids . The term… …   Wikipedia

• skid road — noun 1. the district of a town frequented by loggers • Hypernyms: ↑quarter 2. a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled • Hypernyms: ↑road, ↑route * * * noun 1. : a road along which logs are dragged to a skidway or lan …   Useful english dictionary