skid road

British  

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

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Example Sentences

Then with oaths and the sound of rent underwood a yoke of mighty bulls would swing down a "skid" road, hauling a forty-foot log along a rudely made slide.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Then, with oaths and the sound of rent underwood, a yoke of mighty bulls would swing down a "skid" road, hauling a forty-foot log along a rudely made slide.

From American Notes by Kipling, Rudyard

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

From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Knapp, Frederick Malcolm

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 By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus