DCHP-3

yarding

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Lumbering

the assembling and stacking of logs in yards (def. 3).

See: yard ((n.))(def. 3),yard ((v.))(def. 2)

Quotations

1942
Leverman, Yarding or Skidder. Operates the levers which control the yarding or skidding from the woods to the track.
1955
Marathon Corp of Canada . . . is progressing right on schedule in all phases. Tree length falling and yardings are complete. . . .
2n. — West

See quote.

Quotations

1939
The movement of freight between Waterways and Lehman's Landing is locally known as "yarding." To accomplish this we had at times as many as three power boats and seven barges in operation. . . .