| 单词 | high lead |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh lead high lead n. Forestry a high overhead cable used in the transport of logs from a logging site; = high line n. 2; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs flume1784 log-rollinga1792 drive1835 river-driving1843 river drive1845 sluice-way1851 sacking1860 timber drivea1861 skidding1877 log-running1878 skid road1880 rigging1897 swamping1902 log-drivea1904 high lead1905 high-lining1919 1905 Illustr. Descr. Approved Devices (Lidgerwood Manuf. Co., U.S.) 80 The high lead of the pulling lines on the snaking and loading machine enables the snaking crew to pile up a great number of logs when the loading crew is delayed for want of cars. 1925 A. Philip Crimson West 144 He yawned sleepily. ‘Got to fix a “spar-tree” for a “high-lead” to-morrow, so I better hit the hay.’ 1951 W. F. Heald Scenic Guide Oregon 17 Modern ‘high lead’ and ‘skidder’ logging whisks tree sections. 1991 J. D. Matthews Silvicultural Syst. vi. 83 Where the high lead system of skidding is used, most of the defective and otherwise unmerchantable trees are also felled to clear the patch. 2007 Continental Modeller Aug. 501 (caption) This scratchbuilt donkey engine hauls the high lead and also powers the heel boom for loading the logs onto skeleton cars. < as lemmas |
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