rollway

noun

1

a

: a natural or prepared slope for rolling logs into a stream

b(1)

: a pile of logs stored at a landing

(2)

: landing sense 2b

2

: an outside entrance to a cellar

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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