skid road

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A track made of logs laid transversely about five feet apart that is used to haul logs to a loading platform or a mill.
2. n. Slang Skid row.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. See road.

Wiktionary

1. n. US, lumbering A rough cleared right of way with logs embedded cross-wise on which logs being harvested would slide or be dragged or skidded.
2. n. US, lumbering Streets with facilities suitable for the recreational needs of lumberjacks.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also travois road or travoy road.
2. A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
2. n. the district of a town frequented by loggers