skid road

noun

1. a track made of a set of logs laid transversely on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
2. 1. (in the West) the part of a town frequented by loggers
   2. another term for skid row

Example Sentences

In his thoughts were vestiges of old skid roads and forgotten farm paths that bled into vales of ghost fern and hollows filled with skunk cabbage.

From Literature

Yes, I know my days are numbered, all the signs to me are plain: I shall never guide the movements of the skid road boys again.

From Project Gutenberg

The horse team and skid road is used in a small timber where poles and piling are being marketed.

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