DCHP-2

skidding † Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 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.