Definition of Skidways

1. skidway [n] - See also: skidway

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skidways

skidmarks
skidoo
skidooed
skidooing
skidoos
skidpad
skidpan
skidpans
skidplate
skidplates
skidproof
skidrow
skidrows
skids
skidway
skidways (current term)
skie
skied
skieldrake
skier
skier day
skiercross
skiers
skies
skiesful
skiey
skieyer
skieyest
skiff
skiffed

Literary usage of Skidways

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"During hauling time skidways may be places of transfer from skidding to hauling equipment in which event they are known as "hot ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The work to be done consisted of the hauling of logs from the stumps and placing them on skidways, to be constructed by the plaintiffs, at a tramroad, ..."

3. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"500) for distributing to any of the skidways, its length determining the skidway to ... The means for transferring the rails from the skidways to the cars, ..."

4. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"500) for distributing to any of the skidways, its length determining the skidway to ... The means for transferring the rails from the skidways to the cars, ..."

5. Idaho Forester by University of Idaho College of Forestry, University of Idaho (1921)
"For convenience, the skidways will be called Numbers 1, 2, and 3, and represent a ... It was necessary to turn around on the main road and then skidways. ..."

6. Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers by Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (1894)
"The accompanying drawings illustrate a system of skidways, combined with pontoons ... To utilise to greatest advantage this system of skidways, the engineer ..."

7. Proceedings ... Annual Meeting of the American Wood-Preservers' Association by American Wood-Preservers' Association (1921)
"Without the use of skidways there is an unavoidable delay when changing trams. Both of these faults are obviated by the use of ..."

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