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YARD DONKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yard donkey mean?
• YARD DONKEY (noun)
The noun YARD DONKEY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: YARD DONKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
yard donkey; yarder
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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