rollway

A surface along which cylindrical objects or objects on rollers may be moved, especially a naturally or artificially inclined surface used by lumberjacks to slide logs into a waterway for transport.

Same as landing. 9.

A natural incline (as the bank of a stream), or an inclined structure, down which heavy bodies, especially logs, are propelled by their own weight; a shoot.

In lumbering, a mass of logs piled up for rolling down to or into a stream, or placed upon the ice to await spring freshets.

A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream.

An inclined slope prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill

A series of cylindrical metal rolls placed between two rails and spaced apart, used to convey materials along a production line.