Quick links
skid ((v.))†
Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.
1v.
slide or drag logs down a prepared slide.
See: skid ((n.))(def. 1b)
Quotations
1884
[They were] skidding logs. . . .
1912
Skid, to slide a lumber log down an incline to the skidway, where the logs are temporarily stacked until the big drive.
1950
Sometimes the logs are skidded down a chute on a steep hill [to the water or beach]
2av.
drag or haul logs from a cutting area along a skid trail or skidroad (def. 1) with horses, oxen, etc.
Quotations
1888
. . . two men skidding with a team will, if timber grows fairly thick . . . pile eighty logs in a day.
1939
. . .Olaf Johansen, the big Swede . . . with a crew had been on the place all winter skidding the logs down from the hillsides. . . .
1966
The grandaddy of all lumbering stamps, Newfoundland's 1897 issue featuring cattle skidding logs, was one of a 14-stamp set commemorating the 400th anniversary of its founding.
2bv.
See quote.
Quotations
1966
In both regions [B.C. Coast and Interior] . . . "donkeys" [donkey engines] were used to skid logs along the ground
2cv.
haul, drag, or transport logs with a skidder (def. 3c).
See: skidder(def. 3c)
Quotations
1964
Trees are felled with power saws . . . and a tractor used to skid the logs to the trail.
1966
[Advert.] Working out of Port Arthur, Ontario, he skids, forwards and loads pulpwood.
3v.
skid a road, make a skidroad (def. 1).
See: corduroy ((v.))
Quotations
1959
He said "You look quite happy, all in your little abode. A pox upon the devil, boys! Why didn't you skid the road!"