skidder
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- noun
- /ˈskɪdər/
- Specialized
:
tractor de arrastre
- Then they pushed deeper into the forest, brutishly, the only way bulldozers and skidders can.
- logging skidder
Examples
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In fact, we used to call them skidders.
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When he finally gets to that cabin he finds the log skidder marked out front.
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Run a skidder.
Fiction book (1995) -
The powerful skidder dragged the fallen logs over the rough terrain to the loading site.
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When the crew arrived, they started up the skidder to haul the timber from the forest.
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In the logging operation, the skidder is essential for moving heavy logs across the landscape.
Synonyms
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling
A machine that uses winches to pull logs to a collection point
A machine with an engine that pulls logs to a loading area
Compounds
- Archaic
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
- Archaic
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skidder comes from skid ('to slide' or the wooden 'skid' used to move logs) and -der ('that which'). So a skidder is a machine that drags logs and makes them 'skid' out of the forest to the road.