slip tongue log skidder
- noun
- Archaic
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arrastre de lengua deslizante
- Historians restored a slip tongue log skidder to demonstrate 19th-century logging techniques.
Examples
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The old lumber camp displayed a slip tongue log skidder used for moving massive logs through the forest.
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During the tour, the guide explained how the slip tongue log skidder helped reduce the strain on horses hauling timber.
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The slip tongue log skidder was essential for transporting logs.
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Many slip tongue log skidders were used in the logging industry.
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During the tour, the guide explained how the slip tongue log skidder helped reduce the strain on horses hauling timber.
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Historians restored a slip tongue log skidder to demonstrate 19th-century logging techniques.
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The old lumber camp displayed a slip tongue log skidder used for moving massive logs through the forest.
Synonyms
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A heavy vehicle that drags logs over rough ground to a loading area
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is largely compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'log' and 'skidder' will understand it denotes a vehicle for hauling logs, and 'slip' + 'tongue' plausibly suggests a projecting piece that slips or slides, so they can infer it is a type of skidder with a slipping tongue. However, the precise historical mechanism (dangling tongs between the wheels that lift one end of a log) is specialized technical knowledge not fully predictable from the parts, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Slip tongue log skidder: The machine name slip tongue log skidder comes from how it worked: a pair of hanging tongs called a slip tongue sat between the wheels and could slip under a log to lift one end off the ground. This let the skidder 'drag' heavy logs more easily, so the name now means the machine used to move logs.