slip-tongue log skidder
- noun
- Archaic
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- The workers hitched the slip-tongue log skidder to a team of horses to move timber out of the forest.
Examples
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In the museum's collection, a restored slip-tongue log skidder illustrates early logging methods.
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The slip-tongue log skidder revolutionized logging in the early 20th century.
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Before modern machinery, a slip-tongue log skidder was essential for transporting heavy logs over rough terrain.
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Many slip-tongue log skidders were used in the Pacific Northwest.
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Before modern machinery, a slip-tongue log skidder was essential for transporting heavy logs over rough terrain.
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In the museum's collection, a restored slip-tongue log skidder illustrates early logging methods.
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The workers hitched the slip-tongue log skidder to a team of horses to move timber out of the forest.
Synonyms
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A heavy vehicle that drags logs over rough ground to a loading area
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The base 'log skidder' is transparent (a vehicle that hauls or skids logs), so part of the compound is clearly interpretable from its constituents. However, 'slip-tongue' is a specialized, low-frequency technical modifier; although a learner who knows 'slip' and 'tongue' might guess it refers to a movable projecting piece that slips under or between a log, the precise mechanism and function are domain-specific and not fully predictable at B1 level.
Etymology
Slip-tongue log skidder comes from how the machine worked: a loose part called the slip-tongue slid under one end of a log between the wheels to lift it while the skidder pulled the log away. So the name paints a clear picture of a tool for 'lifting' and 'pulling' heavy logs out of the forest.