DCHP-2

skid ((n.)) Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1a n.

  one of two or more long poles or logs, often notched or spiked, used as a ramp for raising logs onto a skidway (def. 2a), a sleigh, etc.

  See also: skidder (def. 1)  skidway (def. 2a)  

• 1b n. —

  one of two or more long poles or logs, often peeled, placed against a bank or hillside and used as a runway for rolling logs to a beach or booming ground.

  See also: beach  booming ground ((1))  

• 1c n.

  one of several long poles or logs forming a bed for a skidway (def. 2a).

• 1d n. — Hist.

  one of a number of transverse poles or logs, usually peeled and greased, forming a road over which logs were dragged from the cutting area.

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

• 1e n. — Hand-logging

  See quote.

• 1f n. — Slang

  put the skids under, cause to lose ground, decline, or fail (that is, cause to go downhill).

• 1g n. — Slang

  hit the skids, lose ground, decline, or fail.

• 1h n. — Slang

  grease the skids make easier; make things run more smoothly.

• 2 n. — Lumbering

  a bed or inclined platform of two or more timbers on which logs are piled at a brow (def. 1).

  See also: brow (def. 1)  skidway (def. 2a)  

• 3 n. — Slang, Hist.

  a prepared road having greased skids (def. 1d) over which logs were dragged by teams of mules, oxen, or horses.

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