YARD DONKEY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

Synonyms:

yard donkey; yarder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yard donkey" is a kind of...):

winch; windlass (lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds)

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