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high-lead Lumbering 
n. the cable, or main line (def. 3), used to haul in logs when using a high-lead system.
See also: ground lead high-lead system main line (def. 3) skyline (quotes and picture)
- 1925 He yawned sleepily. "Got to fix a 'spar-tree' for a 'high-lead' to-morrow, so I better hit the hay."
- 1957 The caterpillar tractor is replacing the high lead.
- 1965 We high-lead-logged the slopes of the Iskut, tractor-logged the river bottom [and] built a road up the south shore. . . .
- 1925 He yawned sleepily. "Got to fix a 'spar-tree' for a 'high-lead' to-morrow, so I better hit the hay."