hang-up

Lumbering

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a log caught on a snag or obstruction when being transported.

See: hang up(def. 1)

Quotations

1942

[Caption] Avoid hang-ups . . . the load is likely to become hung-up on a stump with a protruding root. . . .

1943

. . . Old Rough House Pete lay down his weary head; / For his rough house days were over, and his last hangup was fought. . . .