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skidding † Lumbering 
1 n. the process of hauling logs from a cutting area.
See also: skid ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1929 (1956) This meant cutting and placing skids under the logs so that the skidding team could haul them to the main skid-road.
- 1958 Oxen were succeeded by horses, and then the skidding of the big logs was done with ship's winches; then came logging railroads, and then huge diesel jobs roaring over fancy logging highways, and cars that rode on cables strung between spar trees, and called skyhooks.
2 n. the process of yarding logs by means of a skidder (def. 3b).
See also: skidder (def. 3b)
- 1966 Skidding and slackline operations are examples of the skyline method.
- 1929 (1956) This meant cutting and placing skids under the logs so that the skidding team could haul them to the main skid-road.