DCHP-1 Online
yarder Lumbering 
1 n. a donkey or other engine rigged to haul logs from the woods to the track, skidroad, or landing.
See also: yard ((v.)) (def. 2)
- 1919 [There were] Two Ledgerwood skidders, one yarder, one swing, one ground swing and one roader, and not very high ball.
2 n. a vehicle used for hauling logs to a yard (def. 3).
See also: yard ((n.)) (def. 3)
- c1963 Cable skidding of logs to the skidway is carried out by self-mobile, A-frame yarders mounted on runner-equipped platforms; or track-mounted, steel-boomed yarders.
- 1955 About 1,100 men are involved on the haul plus 450 horses, 125 trucks, 47 tractors, 5 graders, 4 draglines and 4 yarders.
- 1919 [There were] Two Ledgerwood skidders, one yarder, one swing, one ground swing and one roader, and not very high ball.