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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the removal of key pieces from a pile of logs, permitting them to roll from the landing (def. 1a) into the water for driving or booming.
Quotations
1928
LeClerk came to her cabin with the announcement that one of the rollways was to be dumped, though the break-out had been set for the following day. The big skid had been completed and they were going to try it out.