rollwayn.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊlweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈroʊlˌweɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roll v.², way n.¹

Etymology: < roll v.² + way n.¹

North American.

1. A natural slope on the bank of a river, or a passageway on the side of a hill or mountain, down which logs are rolled. Also: an area near a riverbank where logs are stored while awaiting transportation.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > place where logs enter river

rollway1820

skid1851

slide1858

banking ground1863

1820 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 15 Sept. Two others, who remained in the carriage, were precipitated down the Rollway, a distance of more than 300 feet, with inconceivable force & velocity.

1845 Maine Rep. 23 80 If..the defendants could also have a rollway over the pass way.

1855 Acts Legislature State of Michigan xl. 57 Such corporations shall have authority to make and construct all proper and necessary roll-ways, booms, piers, and other constructions along said stream or waters, for the running, driving, booming, rafting or securing said logs, timber or lumber.

1895 Outing 26 392/1 The banks..were..lined with roll-ways, piled high with thousands of logs.

1950 Western Folklore 9 118 Spar tree site, rollway, or any other place where logs are accumulated for loading.

1999 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Apr. c11/1 Log drives continued on the Noire until the yearly 1950s..and we will see overgrown rollways, where the winter's logs were pushed into the river after ice breakup, for the rest of the trip.

2. A pile or stack of logs on a riverbank awaiting transportation.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > logs awaiting transportation

rollway1855

1855 Acts Legislature State of Michigan xl. 57 It shall be lawful for such company to cause such rollways or jams to be broken.

1888 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 655 The logs..are piled in great roll-ways, either on the ice or on a high bank.

1893 Scribner's Mag. June 714/2 This hook is driven firmly into a log at the foot of the rollway, and as it is pulled out the whole face of the rollway topples forward into the stream.

1941 E. Dick Vanguards of Frontier xvii. 403 When the ice was out of the river, the crew proceeded to the landing and began ‘breaking’ the rollways. Suddenly with a tremendous splash the great pile of logs plunged into the flood and the drive was begun.

1949 Western Folklore 8 358 A canthook man, decking logs twenty feet high in rollways, to be left lying there until the spring drive.

1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses iii. 63 Where there were small creeks..operators put the wood in rollways on the bank so that the drivers could later control the amount of wood entering the water at any one time during the drive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rollway
释义	rollwayn. Brit. /ˈrəʊlweɪ/, U.S. /ˈroʊlˌweɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roll v.², way n.¹ Etymology: < roll v.² + way n.¹ North American. 1. A natural slope on the bank of a river, or a passageway on the side of a hill or mountain, down which logs are rolled. Also: an area near a riverbank where logs are stored while awaiting transportation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > place where logs enter river rollway1820 skid1851 slide1858 banking ground1863 1820 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 15 Sept. Two others, who remained in the carriage, were precipitated down the Rollway, a distance of more than 300 feet, with inconceivable force & velocity. 1845 Maine Rep. 23 80 If..the defendants could also have a rollway over the pass way. 1855 Acts Legislature State of Michigan xl. 57 Such corporations shall have authority to make and construct all proper and necessary roll-ways, booms, piers, and other constructions along said stream or waters, for the running, driving, booming, rafting or securing said logs, timber or lumber. 1895 Outing 26 392/1 The banks..were..lined with roll-ways, piled high with thousands of logs. 1950 Western Folklore 9 118 Spar tree site, rollway, or any other place where logs are accumulated for loading. 1999 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Apr. c11/1 Log drives continued on the Noire until the yearly 1950s..and we will see overgrown rollways, where the winter's logs were pushed into the river after ice breakup, for the rest of the trip. 2. A pile or stack of logs on a riverbank awaiting transportation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > logs awaiting transportation rollway1855 1855 Acts Legislature State of Michigan xl. 57 It shall be lawful for such company to cause such rollways or jams to be broken. 1888 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 655 The logs..are piled in great roll-ways, either on the ice or on a high bank. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 714/2 This hook is driven firmly into a log at the foot of the rollway, and as it is pulled out the whole face of the rollway topples forward into the stream. 1941 E. Dick Vanguards of Frontier xvii. 403 When the ice was out of the river, the crew proceeded to the landing and began ‘breaking’ the rollways. Suddenly with a tremendous splash the great pile of logs plunged into the flood and the drive was begun. 1949 Western Folklore 8 358 A canthook man, decking logs twenty feet high in rollways, to be left lying there until the spring drive. 1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses iii. 63 Where there were small creeks..operators put the wood in rollways on the bank so that the drivers could later control the amount of wood entering the water at any one time during the drive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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