DCHP-3

rollway

Lumbering, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1†n.

It an assembly point between the cutting area and the water's edge, where logs were piled for a time before being transported to the brow (def. 1).

See: brow(def. 1)

Quotations

1883
They are a mazy labyrinth of road network, each one of which is a blind alley whose terminus is some "rollway" where a collection of logs or square timber has been made, ready to be drawn away by the teamsters.
1964
The big log was skidded to the trail, to a secondary depot or "rollway."
2n.

See quote.

Quotations

1912
Stack, a pile of lumber; a rollway of logs decked on the banks of the river ready for the drive.