| 单词 |
yarder |
| 释义 |
yarder N. Amer.|ˈjɑːdə(r)| [f. yard v.1 + -er.] A kind of donkey-engine used in logging.
1911Pacific Monthly Apr. 376/2 The hook-tender gives the signal to the engineer of the ‘yarder’ as the donkey⁓engine is termed. 1919Camp Worker 2 June 3/3 [There were] two Ledgerwood skidders, one yarder, one swing and one roader. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §512.10 Yarder, a donkey engine which hauls logs from where they are felled to the landing or skid road. 1955Bush News (Port Arthur, Ont.) Feb. 7/1 About 1,100 men are involved on the haul plus 450 horses, 125 trucks,..and 4 yarders. 1979Beautiful Brit. Columbia Fall 37 In some logging areas, mechanical grapple yarders, machines that resemble construction cranes, settle into the forest floor. |

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