HyperDic: yard_donkey

English > 1 sense of the expression *yard donkey*:
NOUN	artifact	yard donkey, yarder	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

English > *yard donkey*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
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.
Synonym	yarder
Broader	winch, windlass	lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds