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skidder Lumbering

• 1 n. a logger employed in building and piling a skidway (def. 2a).

  See also: skid ((n.)) (def. 1a)  skidway (def. 2a)  

• 2 n. Hist. a logger who built or maintained the skidroad (def. 1).

  See also: skidroad ((n.))  (def. 1)  

• 3a n. a teamster or driver employed in hauling logs from a cutting area.

• 3b n. See 1942 quote. [See picture at skyline.]

  See also: skidding (def. 2)  skidding line  

• 3c n. a powerful vehicle used for drawing or hauling logs from a cutting area.

  See also: skitter