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Meaning of SKID ROAD

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
 
 See Also: road, route

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Skid road\ (Logging)
(a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or
    landing; -- called also {travois, or travoy, road}.
(b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called
    skids) at intervals of about five feet.

 

 

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