| 单词 | high-lining |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈhigh-lining ˈhigh-lining n. Forestry (now historical and rare) the use of high lines (sense 2) in logging.In quot. 1919: this practice engaged in competitively. 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 1919 Amer. Lumberman 12 July 47/3 In the sporting events of their own choice, log rolling, high lining, wrestling and boxing, the men of the forest showed the people the class of material of which they were made. 1942 H. D. Anderson Calif. State Govt. viii. 333 The wasteful methods of ‘high lining’, whereby cables were strung from tree to tree and great felled trees were dragged through the forest. 1965 Brit. Columbia Digest Sept. 20/1 But many [high-riggers] just disappeared, as did the giant trees they had topped, limbed and rigged for high-lining. < as lemmas |
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